Asawase (Ghana parliament constituency)

Asawase
Parliamentary constituency
Asawase is in the Kumasi Metropolitan District of the Ashanti Region of Ghana
Created: 2004
MP: Muntaka Mohammed Mubarak
Party: National Democratic Congress
Region: Ashanti Region

Asawase 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. Asawase is located in the Kumasi Metropolitan district of the Ashanti Region of Ghana.

This seat was created prior to the Ghanaian parliamentary election in 2004 and has been held by the National Democratic Congress since then.

Contents

Boundaries

The seat is located within the Kumasi Metropolitan District of the Ashanti Region of Ghana.

History

The constituency was formed in 2004 by the Electoral Commission of Ghana along with 29 other new ones, increasing the number of constituencies from 200 to 230. The Asokwa East and Asokwa West constituencies were realigned, forming the Asawase (Asokwa) constituency and the new Oforikrom constituency.

Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
2004 Constituency created
2004 Dr. Gibril Adamu Mohammed National Democratic Congress
2005 Muntaka Mohammed Mubarak National Democratic Congress

Elections

Ghanaian parliamentary election, 2008: Asawase
Source:Ghana Home Page
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Democratic Congress Muntaka Mohammed Mubarak 36,234 56.6 -3.8
New Patriotic Party Dr. Mohammed Abdul Kabir 27,118 42.4 +3.7
People's National Convention Elyasu Mohammed 369 0.6 -0.2
Convention People's Party Alhaji Baba Musah 262 0.4 N/A
Democratic Freedom Party Mohammed Bashir Tijani 0 0 N/A
Majority 9,116 14.2 -7.5
Asawase By-election, 2005
Source:Ghana Home Page
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Democratic Congress Muntaka Mohammed Mubarak 31,017 60.4 +10.7
New Patriotic Party Shuaibu Musah Sharif 19,875 38.7 -4.4
People's National Convention Ibrahim Mohammed Issaka 417 0.8 -1.6
Majority 11,142 21.7 +15.1
Turnout 51,635 64.29
Ghanaian parliamentary election, 2004: Asawase
Source:Ghana Home Page
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Democratic Congress Dr. Gibril Adamu Mohammed 33,541 49.7 N/A
New Patriotic Party Patrick Appiagyei 29,067 43.1 N/A
Independent Abdul Majeed Alhassan 2,505 3.7 N/A
People's National Convention Thomas Tangwanse Atigah 1,598 2.4 N/A
Convention People's Party King Hassan Abu Bong 570 0.8 N/A
Democratic People's Party (Ghana) Adam Diyawu Rahman 204 0.3 N/A
Majority 4,474 6.6 N/A

See also

References

  1. ^ "NDC wins Asawase bye-election". General News of Friday, 22 April 2005 (Ghana Home Page). http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=79855. Retrieved 2009-06-21. 
  2. ^ "NDC Silences Ruling Party In Asawase". Politics of Friday, 22 April 2005. Ghana Home Page. http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=79852. Retrieved 2009-06-21. 
  3. ^ "Statement on the Thursday April 21 2005 Asawasi Constituency Parliamentary Bye-Election" (pdf). Ghana Center for Democractic Development. pp. page 3. http://www.cddghana.org/documents/STATEMENT%20ON%20ASAWASI%20BYE-ELECTION.pdf. Retrieved 2009-06-21. 
  4. ^ "Parliamentary Results Asawase (Ashanti Region)". Elections 2008 (Ghana Home Page). http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/election2008/parliament.constituency.php?ID=110. Retrieved 2009-06-21. 
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