Dome-Kwabenya (Ghana parliament constituency)

Dome Kwabenya
constituency
for the Parliament of Ghana
District Ga East District
Region Greater Accra Region of Ghana
Current constituency
Created 2004
Party New Patriotic Party
MP Sarah Adwoa Safo

Dome Kwabenya 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. Dome Kwabenya is located in the Ga East district of the Greater Accra Region of Ghana.

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 Dome Kwabenya and Central Tongu constituencies.[1]

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
2012 Sarah Adwoa Safo New Patriotic Party

Elections

Ghanaian parliamentary election, 2012:Dome Kwabenya
Source:
Party Candidate Votes % ±
New Patriotic Party Sarah Adwoa Safo 99,402 63.75% 6.15
National Democratic Congress Sophia Kareen Ackuaku 35,356 35.57 -3.87
People's National Convention Ernest Kwashie Gege Ebla 188 0.19 -0.51
Independent Candidate Franklin Frempong Manso 107 0.11 N/A
National Democratic Party Sam Mireku 66 0.07 N/A
Majority 64,146 73.57 55.37
Turnout — — —


Ghanaian parliamentary election, 2008:Dome Kwabenya
Source: Ghana Home Page
Party Candidate Votes % ±
New Patriotic Party Aaron Michael Oquaye 35,321 57.6 -7.9
National Democratic Congress Sabah Zita Okaikoi 24,163 39.4 +7.1
Convention People's Party Emelia Osei 1,249 2.0 +1.3
People's National Convention Abubakar Kwashie Gege Ebla 431 0.7 -0.7
Democratic Freedom Party Christiana Affenyi 81 0.1 N/A
Democratic People's Party Mohammed Salisu Sulemana 52 0.1 N/A
Majority 11,158 18.2 -15.0
Turnout — — —
Ghanaian parliamentary election, 2004:Dome Kwabenya
Source: Electoral Commission of Ghana
Party Candidate Votes % ±
New Patriotic Party Aaron Michael Oquaye 42,914 65.5 N/A
National Democratic Congress Isaac Akanwuti Adama 21,161 32.3 N/A
People's National Convention Abubakar Kwashie Gege Ebla 944 1.4 N/A
Convention People's Party Raphael Agboli 481 0.7 N/A
Majority 21,753 33.2 N/A
Turnout 65,855 82.5 N/A

See also

References

  1. ↑ Electoral Commission of Ghana (November 2005). "The 2004 Presidential and Parliamentary Elections" (PDF). Elections 2004:Ghana's Parliamentary and Presidential Elections. Electoral Commission of Ghana, with support of the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Accra. pp. Page 11. Retrieved 2007-08-14. line feed character in |publisher= at position 31 (help)

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