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Ayawaso West Wuogon
constituency
for the Parliament of Ghana
DistrictAccra Metropolitan Area
RegionGreater Accra Region of Ghana
Current constituency
PartyNew Patriotic Party
MPLydia Alhassan

Ayawaso West or Ayawaso West Wuogon 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. Ayawaso West is located in the Accra Metropolitan Area of the Greater Accra Region of Ghana.

Members of Parliament

First elected Member Party
1992 Francis Napoleon K. Kumah National Convention Party
1996 Mrs. Rebecca Akweley Adotey National Democratic Congress
2000 George Isaac Amoo New Patriotic Party
2004 Akosua Frema Osei-Opare New Patriotic Party
2012 Emmanuel Kwabena Kyeremateng Agyarko New Patriotic Party
2019 Lydia Alhassan[1] New Patriotic Party

Elections

2019 By-election:Ayawaso West
Source: GhanaWeb
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Patriotic Party Lydia Seyram Alhassan 12,041 68.80
National Democratic Congress Kwasi Delali Brempong 5,341 30.52
Progressive People's Party William Kofi Dowokpor 102 0.58
Liberal Party of Ghana Clement Boadi 17 0.1
Majority 6,700 38.28
Turnout 17, 589 19.83
MPs elected in the Ghanaian parliamentary election, 2008:Ayawaso West
Source: Ghana Home Page
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Patriotic Party Akosua Frema Osei-Opare 24,603 43.2
National Democratic Congress Albert Kwadwo Twum Boafo 21,564 37.8
Convention People's Party William Kofi Dowokpor 7,910 13.9
Independent Samuel Kobby Adiepena 2,547 4.5
People's National Convention Henry Haruna Asante 374 0.7
Majority 3,039 5.4
Turnout

See also

References

  1. ^ "Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election: NPP's Lydia Alhassan wins seat with 68.8%". www.myjoyonline.com. Retrieved 2019-02-02.