Dome-Kwabenya

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Dome Kwabenya
constituency
for the Parliament of Ghana
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District Ga East District
Region Greater Accra Region of Ghana
Current constituency
Created2004
Party New Patriotic Party
MP Adjua Safo

Dome Kwabenya 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. Dome Kwabenya is located in the Ga East district of the Greater Accra Region of Ghana.

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Boundaries

The seat is located within the Ga East District of the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. It was formed prior to the 2004 December presidential and parliamentary elections by carving the new Dome Kwabenya out of the Abokobi-Madina constituencies. [1]

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
2012 Sarah Adwoa Safo New Patriotic Party

Elections

2012 Ghanaian parliamentary election:Dome Kwabenya
Source:
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New Patriotic Party Sarah Adwoa Safo 99,40263.75%6.15
National Democratic Congress Sophia Kareen Ackuaku35,35635.57-3.87
People's National Convention Ernest Kwashie Gege Ebla1880.19-0.51
Independent CandidateFranklin Frempong Manso1070.11N/A
National Democratic Party Sam Mireku660.07N/A
Majority64,14673.5755.37
Turnout
2008 Ghanaian parliamentary election:Dome Kwabenya
Source: Ghana Home Page
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New Patriotic Party Aaron Michael Oquaye 35,32157.6-7.9
National Democratic Congress Sabah Zita Okaikoi24,16339.4+7.1
Convention People's Party Emelia Osei1,2492.0+1.3
People's National Convention Abubakar Kwashie Gege Ebla4310.7-0.7
Democratic Freedom Party Christiana Affenyi810.1N/A
Democratic People's Party Mohammed Salisu Sulemana520.1N/A
Majority11,15818.2-15.0
Turnout
2004 Ghanaian parliamentary election:Dome Kwabenya
Source: Electoral Commission of Ghana
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New Patriotic Party Aaron Michael Oquaye 42,91465.5N/A
National Democratic Congress Isaac Akanwuti Adama21,16132.3N/A
People's National Convention Abubakar Kwashie Gege Ebla9441.4N/A
Convention People's Party Raphael Agboli4810.7N/A
Majority21,75333.2N/A
Turnout 65,85582.5N/A

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References

  1. Electoral Commission of Ghana (November 2005). "The 2004 Presidential and Parliamentary Elections" (PDF). Elections 2004:Ghana's Parliamentary and Presidential Elections. Electoral Commission of Ghana, with support of the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Accra. pp. Page 11. Retrieved 2007-08-14.