Biakoye

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Biakoye
constituency
for the Parliament of Ghana
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District Biakoye District
Region Oti Region of Ghana
Current constituency
Party National Democratic Congress
MP Hon. Jean-Marie Formadi

The Biakoye constituency is one of the constituencies represented in the Parliament of Ghana. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. It is located in the Biakoye district of the Oti Region of Ghana.

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Boundaries

The constituency is located within the Biakoye district of the Oti Region of Ghana. To the north is the Krachi East district, to the west, the Volta River, to the south the Hohoe Municipal and Kpando Municipal districts which are both in the Volta Region and to the east, the Ghana - Togo border. The constituency was originally located within the Volta Region of Ghana until new Regions were created following the December 2018 referendum. [1]

Members of Parliament

First electedMemberParty
1965 Sylvanus Desmond Magnus-George Convention People's Party
1969 Obed Asamoah National Alliance of Liberals
1979 Kwadzo Amoah People's National Party
1992 Kwabena Adjei National Democratic Congress
2004 Emmanuel Kwasi BanduaNational Democratic Congress
2016 Kwadwo Nyanpon AboagyeNational Democratic Congress

Elections

2016 Ghanaian general election: Biakoye
Source:GhanaWeb
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Democratic Congress Kwadwo Nyanpon Aboagye18,15271.96+4.22
New Patriotic Party Komla Onny6,71626.62−4.62
Progressive People's Party Selorm Agbolosu2290.91
National Democratic Party Appiah Evans660.26
Convention People's Party Frederick Duncan Modzabi630.25−0.77
Majority 11,436
Turnout 25,226
2012 Ghanaian general election: Biakoye
Source:GhanaWeb
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Democratic Congress Emmanuel Kwasi Bandua19,71467.74
New Patriotic Party Daniel Korsinah9,09231.24
Convention People's Party Dzato Moses2971.02
Majority
Turnout 29,103
2008 Ghanaian parliamentary election: Biakoye
Source:Ghana Home Page
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Democratic Congress Emmanuel Kwasi Bandua16,08366.4+13.2
New Patriotic Party Kwasi Owusu-Yeboa7,12629.4+4.4
Convention People's Party Kpentey Philip6662.8
Democratic Freedom Party Atsu Nuworkporm2751.1
Democratic People's Party Richard Amoako570.2
Majority 8,95737.0+8.8
Turnout
2004 Ghanaian parliamentary election: Biakoye
Source:National Electoral Commission, Ghana
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Democratic Congress Emmanuel Kwasi Bandua14,45953.2−5.8
New Patriotic Party Kwasi Owusu Yeboah6,78425.06.1
IndependentAlfred Kofi Appiah5,78221.3
People's National Convention George Kofi Afari1410.5
Majority 7,67528.215.2
Turnout 25,34088.5
2000 Ghanaian parliamentary election: Biakoye
Source:Adam Carr's Election Archives
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Democratic Congress Kwabena Adjei15,30669.0−9.0
New Patriotic Party Edward C. Boateng4,10818.9+11.7
National Reform Party William K. Semanhyia1,6747.7
Convention People's Party Christiana O. Nyarko7513.4
United Ghana Movement Atsu N. Missiahyia2101.0
Majority 2,92013.0
1996 Ghanaian parliamentary election: Biakoye
Source:Electoral Commission of Ghana
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Democratic Congress Kwabena Adjei20,74078.0
New Patriotic Party Abotsina Festus Andrews1,9037.2
Democratic People's Party Alexander Kwame Mensah1,8977.1
People's Convention Party Christiana Amaa Pokuah Nyarko1,7066.4
People's National Convention George K. Afari3481.3
Majority 18,83770.8
Turnout 26,59481.9+40.0
1992 Ghanaian parliamentary election: Biakoye
Source:Electoral Commission of Ghana
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Democratic Congress Kwabena Adjei
Majority
Turnout 17,40951.9

See also

References

  1. Zurek, Kweku (28 December 2018). "CONFIRMED: Results of the 2018 Referendum on new regions". Graphic Online. Accra, Ghana: Graphic Communications Group Ltd. Retrieved 29 March 2020.