Agona East (Ghana parliament constituency)

Agona East
constituency
for the Parliament of Ghana
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

ElectionMemberParty
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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