Kwadaso | |
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constituency for the Parliament of Ghana | |
District | Kumasi Metropolitan District |
Region | Ashanti Region of Ghana |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2004 |
Party | New Patriotic Party |
MP | Kingsley Nyarko |
Kwadaso 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. Kwadaso is located in the Kumasi Metropolitan district of the Ashanti Region of Ghana.
This seat was created prior to the Ghanaian parliamentary election in 2004.
The seat is located within the Kumasi Metropolitan District of the Ashanti Region of Ghana.
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. [1]
Election | Member | Party | Ref |
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2004 | Constituency created | ||
2004 | Josephine Hilda Addoh | New Patriotic Party | |
2008 | Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto | New Patriotic Party | |
2012 | Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto | New Patriotic Party | |
2016 | Samiu Kwadwo Nuamah | New Patriotic Party | |
2020 | Kingsley Nyarko | New Patriotic Party | [2] |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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New Patriotic Party | Josephine Hilda Addoh | 43,929 | 83.2 | N/A | |
National Democratic Congress | Joseph Yammin | 7,173 | 13.6 | N/A | |
People's National Convention | Cosmos Owusu Ansah | 1,436 | 2.7 | N/A | |
Convention People's Party | Daniel Essin | 292 | 0.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 36,756 | 69.6 | N/A |
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