Krachi East (Ghana parliament constituency)

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Krachi East
constituency
for the Parliament of Ghana
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District Krachi East District
Region Oti Region of Ghana
Current constituency
Created2004
Party National Democratic Congress
MP Nelson Kofi Djabab

Krachi East 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. Nelson Kofi Djabab is the member of parliament for the constituency. [1] Krachi East is located in the Krachi East district of the Oti Region of Ghana.

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Boundaries

The seat is located within the Krachi East District of the Volta Region of Ghana. The constituency was originally located within the Volta Region of Ghana until new Regions were created following the December 2018 referendum. [2]

History

The constituency was first created in 2004 by the Electoral Commission of Ghana along with 29 other new ones, increasing the number of constituencies from 200 to 230. [3] This seat was created prior to the Ghanaian parliamentary election in 2004 when the Krachi constituency was split into the Krachi East and the Krachi West constituencies respectively.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
2004 Constituency created
2004 Wisdom Gidisu National Democratic Congress
2016 Yaw Michael Gyato New Patriotic Party

Elections

2012 Ghanaian parliamentary election: Krachi East
Source:GhanaWeb
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Democratic Congress Wisdom Gidisu13,49343.92−12.98
New Patriotic Party Patrick Charty Jilimah10,40533.87−4.23
Independent Yao Gago5,79718.87—
Progressive People's Party Boateng Kofi Emmanuel7952.59—
IndependentEmmanuel Kwasi Annor1560.51—
National Democratic Party Lawson Apreko730.24—
Majority 3,08810.05−8.75
Turnout 30,719—

National Democratic Party

2008 Ghanaian parliamentary election: Krachi East
Source:GhanaWeb
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Democratic Congress Wisdom Gidisu12,34056.9−13.2
New Patriotic Party Patrick Charty Jilimah8,26338.1+8.2
Convention People's Party Boateng Kofi Emmanuel9474.4—
Democratic Freedom Party Joseph Kwaku Asiedu1460.7—
Majority 4,07718.8−21.4
Turnout —
2004 Ghanaian parliamentary election:Krachi East
Source:Ghana Home Page
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Democratic Congress Wisdom Gidisu14,65270.1N/A
New Patriotic Party John Gyamfi6,26129.9N/A
Majority 8,39140.2N/A

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ "Oti Region - 2024 Results". www.modernghana.com. Retrieved 2025-06-02.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ "FAQ's". Parliament of Ghana. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-07-26.

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