Adenta (Ghana parliament constituency)

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Adenta
Parliamentary constituency
Adenta is in the Ga East District of the Greater Accra Region of Ghana
Created: 2004
MP: Kwadjo Opare-Hammond
Party: New Patriotic Party
Region: Greater Accra Region

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.

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[edit] 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 Ashiaman constituencies. [1]

[edit] Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
2004 Kwadjo Opare-Hammond New Patriotic Party

[edit] Elections

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

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Electoral Commission of Ghana (November 2005). The 2004 Presidential and Parliamentary Elections. Elections 2004:Ghana's Parliamentary and Presidential Elections Page 11. Electoral Commission of Ghana, with support of the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Accra. Retrieved on 2007-08-14.
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