Essikado-Ketan (Ghana parliament constituency)

Essikado-Ketan
Parliamentary constituency
Essikado-Ketan is in the Shama Ahanta East Metropolitan District of the Western Region (Ghana) of Ghana
Created: 2004
MP: Joe Ghartey
Party: New Patriotic Party
Region: Western Region (Ghana)

Essikado-Ketan 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. Essikado-Ketan is located in the Shama Ahanta East Metropolitan district of the Western Region of Ghana.

Contents

Boundaries

The seat is located within the Shama Ahanta East Metropolitan District of the Western Region of Ghana. It was formed prior to the 2004 December presidential and parliamentary elections by the division of the old Sekondi constituency into the new Essikado-Ketan and Sekondi constituencies. [1]

Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
2004 Joe Ghartey New Patriotic Party

Elections

Ghanaian parliamentary election, 2004:Essikado-Ketan
Source:Electoral Commission of Ghana
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Patriotic Party Joe Ghartey 24,078 71.4 N/A
National Democratic Congress David Mensah 8,976 26.6 N/A
Convention People's Party Frank Noble Ankomah 652 1.9 N/A
Majority 15,102 44.8 N/A
Turnout 34,198 82.3 N/A

See also

References

  1. ^ Electoral Commission of Ghana (November 2005). "The 2004 Presidential and Parliamentary Elections". Elections 2004:Ghana's Parliamentary and Presidential Elections. Electoral Commission of Ghana, with support of the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Accra. pp. Page 11. http://library.fes.de/pdf-files/bueros/ghana/03610.pdf. Retrieved 2007-08-14. 
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