Agona East (Ghana parliament constituency)
| Agona East | |
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constituency for the Parliament of Ghana | |
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| District | Agona East District |
| Region | Central Region of Ghana |
| Current constituency | |
| Party | New Patriotic Party |
| MP | John Agyabeng |
Agona East 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. Agona East is located in the Agona East district of the Central Region of Ghana.
Boundaries
The seat is located entirely within the Agona East district of the Central Region of Ghana.
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Kojo Acquah Yankah | National Democratic Congress |
| 2000 | Kweku Adu Yeboah | National Democratic Congress |
| 2004 | John Agyabeng | New Patriotic Party |
Elections
| Ghanaian parliamentary election, 2008: Agona East Source:Ghana Home Page | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| New Patriotic Party | John Agyabeng | 15,125 | 49.6 | -8.0 | |
| National Democratic Congress | Theophilus Fuseini Maranga | 15,091 | 49.5 | ||
| Democratic Freedom Party | Magnus Idan | 253 | 0.8 | — | |
| Majority | 34 | 0.1 | -33.8 | ||
| Turnout | — | ||||
| Ghanaian parliamentary election, 2004: Agona East Source:Electoral Commission of Ghana | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| New Patriotic Party | John Agyabeng | 18,030 | 57.6 | 13.1 | |
| Independent | Theophilus Fuseini Maranga | 7,427 | 23.7 | — | |
| National Democratic Congress | Kweku Adu Yeboah | 5,515 | 17.6 | -28.3 | |
| People's National Convention | Stephen Kwame Nkrumah | 339 | 1.1 | 0.3 | |
| Majority | 10,603 | 33.9 | 32.5 | ||
| Turnout | — | ||||
| Ghanaian parliamentary election, 2000: Agona East Source:Adam Carr's Election Archives | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| National Democratic Congress | Kweku Adu Yeboah | 10,989 | 45.9 | -8.2 | |
| New Patriotic Party | John Agyabeng | 10,664 | 44.5 | 9.6 | |
| National Reform Party | Kofi Anane Adjei | 1,816 | 7.6 | — | |
| Convention People's Party | Joseph Kodjo Duodu | 268 | 1.1 | — | |
| People's National Convention | Isaiah Kwame Asante | 199 | 0.8 | -0.8 | |
| Majority | 325 | 1.4 | -17.8 | ||
| Turnout | — | — | — | ||
| Ghanaian parliamentary election, 1996: Agona East Source:Electoral Commission of Ghana | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| National Democratic Congress | Kojo Yankah | 13,336 | 54.1 | — | |
| New Patriotic Party | Yeboah Alex Duodu | 8,605 | 34.9 | — | |
| National Convention Party | James Kweku Mensah | 1,843 | 7.5 | — | |
| People's Convention Party | Kofi Owusu | 470 | 1.9 | — | |
| People's National Convention | Martin Kobina Nkum | 398 | 1.6 | — | |
| Majority | 4,731 | 19.2 | — | ||
| Turnout | 25,329 | 82.5 | 55.7 | ||
| Ghanaian parliamentary election, 1992: Agona East Source:Electoral Commission of Ghana | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| National Democratic Congress | Kojo Yankah | — | |||
| Majority | — | ||||
| Turnout | 7,825 | 26.8 | — | ||
See also
References
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