| Manhyia | |
|---|---|
| constituency for the Parliament of Ghana | |
 | |
| District | Kumasi Metropolitan District |
| Region | Ashanti Region of Ghana |
| Current constituency | |
| Party | New Patriotic Party |
| MP | Mathew Opoku Prempeh |
Manhyia 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. Manhyia is located in the Kumasi Metropolitan district of the Ashanti Region of Ghana.
The seat is located within the Kumasi Metropolitan District of the Ashanti Region of Ghana.
| Election | Member | Party |
|---|---|---|
| 1965 | Daniel Emmanuel Asafo-Agyei | Convention People's Party |
| 1969 | Kwame Safo-Adu | Popular Front Party |
| 1979 | Charles Amankwah [1] | Popular Front Party |
| 1992 | William Kwaku Asante | National Democratic Congress |
| 1996 | Kwame Addo-Kufuor | New Patriotic Party |
| 2008 | Mathew Opoku Prempeh | New Patriotic Party |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Patriotic Party | Mathew Opoku Prempeh | 65,978 | 77.2 | +1.6 | |
| National Democratic Congress | Charles Saifa Bonsu | 17,327 | 20.3 | +9.4 | |
| Convention People's Party | Yaw Nkunim | 1,347 | 1.6 | +1.0 | |
| People's National Convention | Salifu Mumuni | 512 | 0.6 | −0.2 | |
| Independent | Nana Frema Busia | 332 | 0.4 | — | |
| Majority | 48,651 | 56.9 | −6.5 | ||
| Turnout | — | — | — | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Patriotic Party | Kwame Addo-Kufuor | 66,210 | 75.6 | −6.1 | |
| Independent | Kofi Akpaloo | 10,704 | 12.2 | N/A | |
| National Democratic Congress | Kwame Boateng | 9,550 | 10.9 | −4.7 | |
| People's National Convention | Salifu Mumuni | 667 | 0.8 | −1.3 | |
| Convention People's Party | Alex Ohene Darko | 498 | 0.6 | 0.0 | |
| Majority | 55,506 | 63.4 | −2.7 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Patriotic Party | Kwame Addo-Kufuor | 64,067 | 81.7 | ||
| National Democratic Congress | Samuel B. Donkoh | 12,244 | 15.6 | ||
| People's National Convention | Salifu Mumuni | 1,614 | 2.1 | ||
| Convention People's Party | Nana O Boateng | 443 | 0.6 | ||
| Majority | 51,823 | 66.1 | |||
| Turnout | 78,368 | 64.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Patriotic Party | Kwame Addo-Kufuor | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Democratic Congress | William Kwaku Asante | ||||
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