Asokwa (Ghana parliament constituency)

Asokwa
constituency for the Parliament of Ghana
District	Kumasi Metropolitan District
Region	Ashanti Region of Ghana
Current constituency
Created	2004
Party	New Patriotic Party
MP	Patricia Appiagyei

Asokwa 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. Asokwa is located in the Kumasi Metropolitan District of the Ashanti Region of Ghana.

Boundaries

The seat is located within the Kumasi Metropolitan District of the Ashanti Region of Ghana.

History

The constituency was first created in 2004 by the Electoral Commission of Ghana along with 29 other new ones, increasing the number of constituencies from 200 to 230.^[1]

Members of Parliament

Election	Member	Party
2004	Constituency created
2004	Maxwell Kofi Jumah	New Patriotic Party
2008	Maxwell Kofi Jumah	New Patriotic Party
2012	Patricia Appiagyei	New Patriotic Party

Elections

Ghanaian parliamentary election, 2012: Asokwa[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NPP	PATRICIA APPIAGYEI	54,904	80.32
	NDC	CHARLES KOJO OBENG	12,647	18.50
	PPP	EMMANUEL CHRIS NYAMEKYE	568	0.83
	CPP	ISAAC HALIFAX BEKOE	156	0.23
	NDP	OSEI BONSU WILLIAM	85	0.12

Ghanaian parliamentary election, 2008: Asokwa[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Patriotic Party	Maxwell Kofi Jumah	34,801	62.0
	Independent	Gyimah Akwanuasah	13,665	24.4
	Convention People's Party	Kwaku Baah Bonsu	7,653	13.6
Majority			21,136	37.6

See also

• List of Ghana Parliament constituencies

References

1. "Elections 2004. Ghana's Parliamentary and Presidential Elections" (PDF). Electoral Commission of Ghana. p. 11. Retrieved 2009-06-28.
2. Electoral Commission of Ghana - Detailed Parliamentary Election Results - Date of Election: Friday, 7th December 2012
3. Ghana Home Page