Akan (Ghana parliament constituency)
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| Akan Parliamentary constituency |
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| Akan is in the Kadjebi District of the Volta Region of Ghana | |
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| MP: | Albert Kwasi Zigah |
| Party: | National Democratic Congress |
| Region: | Volta Region |
The Akan constituency 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. It is located in the Kadjebi district of the Volta Region of Ghana.
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[edit] Boundaries
The constituency is located within the Kadjebi district of the Volta Region of Ghana. To the north is the Nkwanta South constituency in the Nkwanta District, to the west, the Krachi East in the Krachi East District, to the south the Jasikan District and to the east, the Ghana - Togo border.
[edit] Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party |
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| 1996 | John Kwadwo Gyapong | National Democratic Congress |
| 2000 | Bawa Rashid | Independent |
| 2004 | John Kwadjo Gyampong | National Democratic Congress |
[edit] Elections
| Ghanaian parliamentary election, 2004: Akan Source:National Electoral Commission, Ghana |
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| National Democratic Congress | John Kwadjo Gyampong | 13,716 | 55.9 | 1.0 | |
| New Patriotic Party | Alhaji Rashid Bawa | 9,843 | 40.1 | 37.7 | |
| People's National Convention | Maxwel Gyambiby Ansong | 565 | 2.3 | — | |
| Convention People's Party | Pastor Gidson G. Akromah | 425 | 1.7 | 0.8 | |
| Majority | 3,873 | 15.8 | 2.8 | ||
| Turnout | 25,340 | 88.5 | — | ||
| Ghanaian parliamentary election, 2000: Akan Source:Adam Carr's Election Archives |
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Independent | Rashid Bawa | 12,306 | 54.9 | — | |
| National Democratic Congress | John Kwadwo Gyapong | 9,386 | 41.9 | — | |
| New Patriotic Party | Kofi Asiedu-Mensah | 536 | 2.4 | — | |
| Convention People's Party | Gibson-Godfried Akromah | 196 | 0.9 | — | |
| Majority | 2,920 | 13.0 | — | ||
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