Upper West Akim

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Upper West Akim
constituency
for the Parliament of Ghana
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District West Akim District
Region Eastern Region of Ghana
Current constituency
Party National Democratic Congress (NDC)
MP Emmanuel Drah

The Upper West Akim constituency is in the Eastern region of Ghana. The current member of Parliament for the constituency is Emmanuel Drah. [1] He was elected on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress and won a majority of 22,759 votes to win the constituency election to become the MP. [2] He succeeded Frederick Obeng Adom who had represented the constituency in the 8th parliament of the 4th Republican parliament also on the ticket of the (NDC). The capital is Adeiso. [3]

Contents

List of MPs

YearMember of ParliamentPolitical PartyVotesPresident
2000 Samuel Sallas Mensah National Democratic Congress (Ghana) 12,150 John Kufuor
2004 Samuel Sallas Mensah National Democratic Congress (Ghana) 14,064 John Kufuor
2008 Joseph Amankwanor National Democratic Congress (Ghana) 15,309 John Atta Mills
2012 Joseph Amankwanor National Democratic Congress (Ghana) 18,736 John Mahama
2016 Derek Darko Ohene Assifo Bekoe National Democratic Congress (Ghana) 17,091 Nana Akufo-Addo
2020 Frederick Obeng Adom New Patriotic Party 21,863 Nana Akufo-Addo
2024 Emmanuel Drah National Democratic Congress (Ghana) 22,759 John Mahama

See also

https://web.archive.org/web/20101208084535/http://www.ghanamps.gov.gh/mps/details.php?id=64

References

  1. ↑ "Upper West Akim Summary - 2024 Elections". www.modernghana.com. Retrieved 2025-02-11.
  2. ↑ "Results Parliamentary Elections".
  3. ↑ "Upper West Akim District inaugurated". General news. Ghana Home Page. 30 November 2001. Retrieved 6 July 2012.

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