Adenta (Ghana parliament constituency)
| Adenta | |
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constituency for the Parliament of Ghana | |
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| District | Ga East District |
| Region | Greater Accra Region of Ghana |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2004 |
| Party | National Democratic Congress |
| MP | Kojo Adu Asare |
Adenta 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. Adenta is located in the Ga East district of the Greater Accra Region of Ghana.
Boundaries
The seat is located within the Ga East District of the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. It was formed prior to the 2004 December presidential and parliamentary elections by the division of the old Ashiaman constituency into the new Adenta and Ashaiman constituencies.[1]
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Kwadjo Opare-Hammond | New Patriotic Party |
| 2008 | Kojo Adu Asare | National Democratic Congress |
Elections
| Ghanaian parliamentary election, 2008:Adenta Source:Ghana Home Page | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| National Democratic Congress | Kojo Adu Asare | 20,230 | 54.3 | +7.7 | |
| New Patriotic Party | Kwadjo Opare Hammond | 16,646 | 44.7 | -4.4 | |
| Convention People's Party | Mamshie Omar Bawa | 387 | 1.0 | -0.9 | |
| Majority | 3,584 | 9.6 | +7.1 | ||
| Turnout | N/A | ||||
| Ghanaian parliamentary election, 2004:Adenta Source:Electoral Commission of Ghana | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| New Patriotic Party | Kwadjo Opare-Hammond | 17,964 | 49.1 | N/A | |
| National Democratic Congress | Lt. Col. (rtd) Joseph Kabu Davies | 17,020 | 46.6 | N/A | |
| Convention People's Party | Patrick Offei-Addo | 704 | 1.9 | N/A | |
| Democratic People's Party | Abdul Manaf Yunus | 644 | 1.8 | N/A | |
| National Reconstruction Party | Dr. David Pessey | 225 | 0.6 | N/A | |
| Majority | 644 | 2.5 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 36,715 | 79.9 | N/A | ||
See also
References
- ↑ Electoral Commission of Ghana (November 2005). "The 2004 Presidential and Parliamentary Elections" (PDF). Elections 2004:Ghana's Parliamentary and Presidential Elections. Electoral Commission of Ghana,
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