Kpone-Katamanso

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Kpone-Katamanso
constituency
for the Parliament of Ghana
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District Tema Municipal District
Region Greater Accra Region of Ghana
Current constituency
Party National Democratic Congress
MP Joseph Nii Laryea Afotey Agbo

Kpone-Katamanso 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. Kpone-Katamanso is located in the Tema Municipal District of the Greater Accra Region of Ghana.

Parliament of Ghana

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Greater Accra Region Region in Ghana

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Members of Parliament

Joseph Nii Laryea Afotey Ago

ElectionMemberParty
1992 Joseph Teye Tetteh National Democratic Congress
1996 Beatrice Love Naa-Afieye Ashong National Democratic Congress
2004 Joseph Nii Laryea Afotey Agbo National Democratic Congress
2008 Joseph Nii Laryea Afotey Agbo National Democratic Congress
2012 Joseph Nii Laryea Afotey Agbo National Democratic Congress

Elections

MPs elected in the Ghanaian parliamentary election, 2008:Kpone-Katamanso
Source: Ghana Home Page
PartyCandidateVotes%±
National Democratic Congress Joseph Nii Laryea Afotey Agbo 20,709 63.0
New Patriotic Party Samuel Okoe Amanquah 10,680 32.5
Convention People's Party Daniel Teye Botchway CPP 1504 4.6 1,504 4.6
Majority 10,029 30.5
Turnout

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