Central Tongu

Central Tongu
constituency
for the Parliament of Ghana
District North Tongu District
Region Volta Region of Ghana
Current constituency
Created Boundaries altered 2004
Party National Democratic Congress
MP Joe Kwashie Gidisu

Central 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. Central Tongu is located in the North Tongu district of the Volta Region of Ghana.

Boundaries

The seat is located within the North Tongu District of the Volta Region of Ghana. Before the 2004 December presidential and parliamentary elections, old North Tongu constituency was divided into the current North Tongu and the Central Tongu constituencies.[1]

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1992 Austin Akufo Gamey National Democratic Congress
2000 Joe Kwashie Gidisu National Democratic Congress

Elections

Ghanaian parliamentary election, 2008: Tongu Central
Source:Ghana Home Page
Party Candidate Votes % ±
National Democratic Congress Joe Kwashie Gidisu 16,598 72.6 3.5
New Patriotic Party Thomas Moore Zonyirah 4,110 18.0 10.6
Convention People's Party Mrs Victoria Norgbey Amaglo 1,998 8.7 -14.4
Democratic Freedom Party Emmanuel Kumah Atsem 155 0.7 —
Majority 12,488 54.6 8.6
Turnout —
Ghanaian parliamentary election, 2004:Central Tongu
Source:National Electoral Commission (Page 197)
Ghana Home Page
Party Candidate Votes % ±
National Democratic Congress Joe Kwashie Gidisu 16,807 69.1 N/A
Convention People's Party Patience Ami Ameku 5,620 23.1 N/A
New Patriotic Party John Cudjo Dunyo 1,793 7.4 N/A
People's National Convention Battorvi Browu Cooper 105 0.4 N/A
Majority 11,187 46.0 N/A
Turnout 25,016[2] 89.2 N/A
Ghanaian parliamentary election, 2000:North Tongu
Source:Adam Carr's Election Archives
Party Candidate Votes % ±
National Democratic Congress Joe Kwashie Gidisu 42,392 77.1
Convention People's Party Patience Ami Ameku 10,172 18.5
New Patriotic Party George Amedofu Kpobi 1,296 2.4
National Reform Party Emmanuel A K Bokor 637 1.2
United Ghana Movement Larweh Atsu J Confucious 251 0.5
People's National Convention Olivia Akua Kpo 204 0.4
Majority 32,220 58.6
Turnout 54,952 64.2
Ghanaian parliamentary election, 1996:North Tongu
Source:
Party Candidate Votes % ±
National Democratic Congress Austin Akufo Gamey
Ghanaian parliamentary election, 1992:North Tongu
Source:
Party Candidate Votes % ±
National Democratic Congress Austin Akufo Gamey

See also

References

  1. ↑ 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, with support of the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Accra. Retrieved 2007-08-14.
  2. ↑ Elections 2004:Ghana's Parliamentary and Presidential elections National Electoral Commission (Page 197)

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