Upper Denkyira 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. The Upper Denkyira East constituency is located in the
Upper Denkyira district
Upper Denkyira District is a former district that was located in Central Region, Ghana. Originally created as an ordinary district assembly in 1988, which was created from the former Denkyira District Council. However on 29 February 2008, it was ...
of the
Central Region of
Ghana.
Boundaries
The seat is located entirely within the Upper Denkyira district of the Central Region of Ghana.
History
The constituency was formerly the Upper Denkyira constituency. Prior to the
Ghanaian parliamentary election in 2004, the
Electoral Commission of Ghana created 29 new constituencies. One of these was
Upper Denkyira West constituency which was carved out of the Upper Denkyira constituency leaving the now smaller Upper Denkyira East constituency.
Members of Parliament
Elections
On 29 June 2004, Benjamin Kofi Ayeh of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) won from a field of three candidates with a majority of 20,899 to replace Charles Omar Nyanor also of the NPP.
[ He went on to retain the seat in the 2004 parliamentary election after the boundaries were changed due to the carving out of the Upper Denkyira West constituency.][
Nana Amoako, the current MP for the constituency was elected in the 2008 parliamentary election.]
See also
*List of Ghana Parliament constituencies
This is a list of the 275 constituencies represented in the Parliament of the Republic of Ghana, as at the December 2016 general election. It had been increased from 260 at the previous election in December 2012 parliamentary election. Each cons ...
*Upper Denkyira District
Upper Denkyira District is a former district that was located in Central Region, Ghana. Originally created as an ordinary district assembly in 1988, which was created from the former Denkyira District Council. However on 29 February 2008, it was ...
References
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Parliamentary constituencies in the Central Region (Ghana)