South Tongu (Ghana parliament constituency)

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South Tongu Parliamentary constituency
South Tongu is in the South Tongu District of the Volta Region of Ghana
Created:	2004
MP:	Kenneth Dzirasah
Party:	National Democratic Congress
Region:	Volta Region

South Tongu 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. South Tongu is located in the South Tongu district of the Volta Region of Ghana.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 3 Elections 4 See also 5 References

[edit] Boundaries

The seat is located within the South Tongu District of the Volta Region of Ghana.

[edit] Members of Parliament

Election	Member	Party
1992	Kenneth Dzirasah	National Democratic Congress

[edit] Elections

Ghanaian parliamentary election, 2004:South Tongu Source:Ghana Home Page
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Democratic Congress	Kenneth Dzirasah	27,140	87.7	-0.7
	New Patriotic Party	Michael Zewu Glover	3,410	11.0	+8.8
	Convention People's Party	Samuel Kofi Apedo	290	0.9	-1.0
	Every Ghanaian Living Everywhere	Lewis Stephen Adjin	106	0.3
Majority			23,730	76.7	-5.5

Ghanaian parliamentary election, 2000:South Tongu Source:Adam Carr's Election Archives
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Democratic Congress	Kenneth Dzirasah	21,428	88.4
	Independent	Kuma Agbenyega	1,514	6.2
	New Patriotic Party	Daniel Kwaku Eworyi	546	2.2
	Convention People's Party	Jacob A A Gharbin	472	1.9
	People's National Convention	Victor Best Gavi	129	0.5
	National Reform Party	Ahorgba Francis Seko	82	0.3
	United Ghana Movement	Zewu Stephen Quarshie	64	0.3
Majority			19,914	82.2
Turnout			24,235	69.5

Ghanaian parliamentary election, 1996:South Tongu Source:
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Democratic Congress	Kenneth Dzirasah

Ghanaian parliamentary election, 1992:South Tongu Source:
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Democratic Congress	Kenneth Dzirasah

[edit] See also

• List of Ghana Parliament constituencies

[edit] References

• Adam Carr's Election Archives
• Ghana Home Page

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