Assin North() is one of the
constituencies
An electoral district, also known as an election district, legislative district, voting district, constituency, riding, ward, division, or (election) precinct is a subdivision of a larger state (a country, administrative region, or other polity ...
represented in the
Parliament of Ghana
The Parliament of Ghana is the legislative body of the Government of Ghana.
History
Legislative representation in Ghana dates back to 1850, when the country was a British colony known as Gold Coast. The body, called the Legislative Council, ...
. It elects one
Member of Parliament (MP)
A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members often ...
by the
first past the post
In a first-past-the-post electoral system (FPTP or FPP), formally called single-member plurality voting (SMP) when used in single-member districts or informally choose-one voting in contrast to ranked voting, or score voting, voters cast thei ...
system of election. The
Assin North constituency is located in the Assin North District, Assin North district of the Central Region, Ghana, Central Region of Ghana.
Boundaries
The seat is located entirely within the Assin North Municipality of the Central Region (Ghana), Central Region of Ghana.
Members of Parliament
Elections
The Supreme Court of Ghana ruled by 5-2 majority decision on 13 April 2022 that James Gyakye Quayson could not continue to sit in the house as MP for Assin North. He had appealed about a Cape Coast High Court ruling that nullified his election in 2020 and ordered a by-election following a petition. The by-election took place on 27 June 2023.
Kennedy Agyapong, Ken Ohene Agyapong, the MP for the Assin North constituency from the 2000 Ghanaian parliamentary election, 2000 parliamentary election to the 2008 Ghanaian parliamentary election, 2008 parliamentary election became the MP for Assin Central (Ghana parliament constituency), Assin Central constituency in 2012.
See also
*List of Ghana Parliament constituencies
*Assin North District
References
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Parliamentary constituencies in the Central Region (Ghana)