Upper West Akim | |
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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 parliamen t of the 4th Republican parliament also on the ticket of the (NDC). The capital is Adeiso. [3]
Year | Member of Parliament | Political Party | Votes | President |
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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 |
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