Abetifi (Ghana parliament constituency)

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Abetifi
constituency
for the Parliament of Ghana
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DistrictKwahu East District
RegionEastern Region of Ghana
Current constituency
PartyNew Patriotic Party
MPBryan Acheampong[1]

The Abetifi constituency is in the Eastern region of Ghana. The current member of Parliament for the constituency is Bryan Acheampong. He was elected on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and won a majority of 9,724 votes more than candidate closest in the race, to win the constituency election to become the MP.[2] He succeeded Peter Wiafe Pepera who had represented the constituency in the 5th Republican parliament on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party (NPP).

Members of Parliament[]

First elected Member Party
1965 Benjamin Kofi Asamoah Convention People's Party
1969 Emmanuel Kwadwo Adu Progress Party
1992 Opoku Preko National Convention Party
1996 Eugene Atta Agyepong New Patriotic Party
2000
2004
2008 Peter Wiafe Pepera New Patriotic Party
2012
2016 Bryan Acheampong[1] New Patriotic Party

Elections[]

2016 Ghanaian general election: Abetifi
Source:Ghanaweb
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Patriotic Party Bryan Achemapong 23,432 74.61
National Democratic Congress Emmanuel Tabi 7,975 25.39
Majority
Turnout 31,407 — —
2012 Ghanaian parliamentary election: Abetifi
Source:GhanaWeb
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Patriotic Party Simon Edem Asimah 20,766 63.84
Progressive People's Party Samuel Asamoah 11,764 36.16 —
Majority
Turnout 32,530 —
2008 Ghanaian parliamentary election: Abetifi
Source:Ghana Home Page
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Patriotic Party Peter Wiafe Pepera[3]
—
Majority
Turnout —
2004 Ghanaian parliamentary election:Abetifi
Source: Ghana Home Page
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Patriotic Party Eugene Atta Agyepong
—
Majority
Turnout —
2000 Ghanaian parliamentary election:Abetifi
Source:GhanaWeb
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Patriotic Party Eugene Atta Agyepong
—
Majority
1996 Ghanaian parliamentary election:Abetifi
Source:Electoral Commission of Ghana
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Patriotic Party Eugene Atta Agyepong —
—
Majority —
Turnout —
1992 Ghanaian parliamentary election:Abetifi
Source:Electoral Commission of Ghana
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Convention Party Opoku Preko —
—
Majority —
Turnout —

See also[]

  • List of Ghana Parliament constituencies

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Parliamentary Results for Abetifi". Ghanaweb.com. GhanaWeb. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Results Parliamentary Elections". Ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-04-23. Retrieved 2012-07-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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