Biakoye (Ghana parliament constituency)
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| Biakoye Parliamentary constituency |
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| Biakoye is in the Jasikan District of the Volta Region of Ghana | |
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| MP: | Emmanuel Kwasi Bandua |
| Party: | National Democratic Congress |
| Region: | Volta Region |
The Biakoye 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 Jasikan district of the Volta Region of Ghana.
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[edit] Boundaries
The constituency is located within the Jasikan 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 constituency 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 | Kwabena Adjei | National Democratic Congress |
| 2004 | Emmanuel Kwasi Bandua | National Democratic Congress |
[edit] Elections
| Ghanaian parliamentary election, 2004: Biakoye Source:National Electoral Commission, Ghana |
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| National Democratic Congress | Emmanuel Kwasi Bandua | 14,459 | 53.2 | -5.8 | |
| New Patriotic Party | Kwasi Owusu Yeboah | 6,784 | 25.0 | 6.1 | |
| Independent | Alfred Kofi Appiah | 5,782 | 21.3 | — | |
| People's National Convention | George Kofi Afari | 141 | 0.5 | — | |
| Majority | 7,675 | 28.2 | 15.2 | ||
| Turnout | 25,340 | 88.5 | — | ||
| Ghanaian parliamentary election, 2000: Biakoye Source:Adam Carr's Election Archives |
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| National Democratic Congress | Kwabena Adjei | 15,306 | 69.0 | — | |
| New Patriotic Party | Edward C. Boateng | 4,108 | 18.9 | — | |
| National Reform Party | William K. Semanhyia | 1,674 | 7.7 | — | |
| Convention People's Party | Christiana O. Nyarko | 751 | 3.4 | — | |
| United Ghana Movement | Atsu N. Missiahyia | 210 | 1.0 | — | |
| Majority | 2,920 | 13.0 | — | ||
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