Okaikwei South

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Okaikwei South
constituency
for the Parliament of Ghana
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District Accra Metropolitan Assembly
Region Greater Accra Region of Ghana
Current constituency
Party New Patriotic Party
MP Dakoa Newman

Okaikwei South 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. Okaikwei South is located in the Accra Metropolitan Assembly of the Greater Accra Region of Ghana.

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Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1992 Samuel Wise Quarcoo EGLE
1996 Nana Akomea New Patriotic Party
2000
2004
2008
2012 Arthur Ahmed
2016
2020 Dakoa Newman

Elections

MPs elected in the Ghanaian parliamentary election, 2008:Okaikwei South
Source: Ghana Home Page
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New Patriotic Party Nana Akomea 35,81954.9
National Democratic Congress Isaac Mensah25,81939.5
Convention People's Party Anthony Mensah3,4285.2
Democratic Freedom Party William Aryee2310.4
Majority10,00014.5
Turnout

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