The Yilo Krobo constituency is in the
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Ghana
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. The current member of Parliament for the constituency is
Albert Tetteh Nyakotey.
He was elected on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and won a majority of 4,687 votes more than candidate closest in the race, to win the constituency election to become the
MP. He had represented the constituency in the
4th Republican parliament.
On 21 January 2012,
Raymond Tawiah lost the chance to represent the constituency for the third time. He was replaced by
Kofi Amoatey
Magnus Kofi Amoatey (born 10 December 1948) is the MP-elect for the Yilo Krobo Constituency in the Eastern Region of Ghana. He will be a member of the sixth parliament of the fourth Republic of Ghana after the new parliament is sworn in on 7 Ja ...
who defeated the incumbent in the Primaries. On 7 December 2012 Kofi Amoatey standing on the ticket of the ruling National Democratic Congress, polled 26,581 votes representing 60.36% of valid votes cast to beat his closest rival Christian Kofi Tettey of the opposition New Patriotic Party who only managed 14,510 representing 32.95% despite having attempted to capture the seat in the last 5 parliamentary elections.
Members of Parliament
See also
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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 ...
References
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Parliamentary constituencies in the Eastern Region (Ghana)