Dome-Kwabenya
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| Dome Kwabenya | |
|---|---|
| constituency for the Parliament of Ghana | |
 | |
| District | Ga East District |
| Region | Greater Accra Region of Ghana |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2004 |
| Party | New Patriotic Party |
| MP | Sarah Adwoa Sarfo |
Dome Kwabenya 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. Dome Kwabenya is located in the Ga East district of the Greater Accra Region of Ghana.
Boundaries
[edit]The seat is located within the Ga East District of the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. It was formed prior to the 2004 December presidential and parliamentary elections by carving the new Dome Kwabenya out of the Abokobi-Madina constituencies constituencies.[1]
Members of Parliament
[edit]| Election | Member | Party |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Sarah Adwoa Safo | New Patriotic Party |
Elections
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Patriotic Party | Sarah Adwoa Safo | 99,402 | 63.75% | 6.15 | |
| National Democratic Congress | Sophia Kareen Ackuaku | 35,356 | 35.57 | −3.87 | |
| People's National Convention | Ernest Kwashie Gege Ebla | 188 | 0.19 | −0.51 | |
| Independent Candidate | Franklin Frempong Manso | 107 | 0.11 | N/A | |
| National Democratic Party | Sam Mireku | 66 | 0.07 | N/A | |
| Majority | 64,146 | 73.57 | 55.37 | ||
| Turnout | — | — | — | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Patriotic Party | Aaron Michael Oquaye | 35,321 | 57.6 | −7.9 | |
| National Democratic Congress | Sabah Zita Okaikoi | 24,163 | 39.4 | +7.1 | |
| Convention People's Party | Emelia Osei | 1,249 | 2.0 | +1.3 | |
| People's National Convention | Abubakar Kwashie Gege Ebla | 431 | 0.7 | −0.7 | |
| Democratic Freedom Party | Christiana Affenyi | 81 | 0.1 | N/A | |
| Democratic People's Party | Mohammed Salisu Sulemana | 52 | 0.1 | N/A | |
| Majority | 11,158 | 18.2 | −15.0 | ||
| Turnout | — | — | — | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Patriotic Party | Aaron Michael Oquaye | 42,914 | 65.5 | N/A | |
| National Democratic Congress | Isaac Akanwuti Adama | 21,161 | 32.3 | N/A | |
| People's National Convention | Abubakar Kwashie Gege Ebla | 944 | 1.4 | N/A | |
| Convention People's Party | Raphael Agboli | 481 | 0.7 | N/A | |
| Majority | 21,753 | 33.2 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 65,855 | 82.5 | N/A | ||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Electoral Commission of Ghana (November 2005). "The 2004 Presidential and Parliamentary Elections" (PDF). Elections 2004:Ghana's Parliamentary and Presidential Elections. Electoral Commission of Ghana, with support of the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Accra. pp. Page 11. Retrieved 2007-08-14.