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]
	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

References

↑ "Elections 2004. Ghana's Parliamentary and Presidential Elections" (PDF). Electoral Commission of Ghana. p. 11. Retrieved 2009-06-28.
↑ Electoral Commission of Ghana - Detailed Parliamentary Election Results - Date of Election: Friday, 7th December 2012 Archived April 20, 2014, at the Wayback Machine.
↑ Ghana Home Page

Constituencies in Ashanti

NPP	Adansi-Asokwa Afigya Kwabre North Afigya Kwabre South Afigya Sekyere East Ahafo Ano South East Ahafo Ano South West Asante-Akim Central Asante-Akim North Asante-Akim South Asokwa Atwima-Kwanwoma Atwima-Mponua Atwima-Nwabiagya North Atwima-Nwabiagya South Bantama Bekwai Bosome-Freho Bosomtwe Effiduase-Asokore Ejisu Ejura-Sekyedumase Fomena Juaben Kumawu Kwabre East Kwadaso Mampong North Mampong South Manso-Adubia Manso-Nkwanta Manhyia North Manhyia South Nhyiaeso Nsuta-Kwamang-Beposo Obuasi East Obuasi West Odotobri Offinso North Offinso South Oforikrom Old Tafo Suame Subin

NDC	Ahafo Ano North Asawase New Edubease Sekyere Afram Plain

NPP (43) NDC (4)

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