Adenta (Ghana parliament constituency)
Encyclopedia
Adenta 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. Adenta is located in the Ga East district
of the Greater Accra Region
of Ghana
.
constituencies.
Parliament of Ghana
The Parliament of Ghana is the legislative body of the Ghanaian government.-History:Legislative representation in Ghana dates back to 1850, when the country was a British colony. The body, called the Legislative Council, was purely advisory as the Governor exercised all legislative and executive...
. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP)
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
by the first past the post system of election. Adenta is located in the Ga East district
Ga East District
The Ga East District is a district of Ghana in the Greater Accra Region. It is one of the 28 newly created districts and is located to the northwest of the region. It is bordered on the north by the Akuapim South District in the Eastern Region of Ghana. It is bordered on its other three sides by...
of the Greater Accra Region
Greater Accra Region
The Greater Accra Region is the smallest of Ghana's 10 administrative regions in terms of area, occupying a total land surface of 3,245 square kilometres or 1.4 per cent of the total land area of Ghana...
of Ghana
Ghana
Ghana , officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country located in West Africa. It is bordered by Côte d'Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, Togo to the east, and the Gulf of Guinea to the south...
.
Boundaries
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 the division of the old Ashiaman constituency into the new Adenta and AshaimanAshaiman (Ghana parliament constituency)
Ashaiman is one of the constituencies represented in the Parliament of Ghana. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election...
constituencies.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party |
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2004 Ghanaian parliamentary election, 2004 The Ghanaian parliamentary election was held on 7 December 2004. Presidential elections were held on the same day.-Results:-See also:*List of Ghana Parliament constituencies*MPs elected in the Ghana parliamentary election, 2004-External links:**... |
Kwadjo Opare-Hammond | New Patriotic Party New Patriotic Party -External links:*... |
2008 | Kojo Adu Asare | National Democratic Congress National Democratic Congress (Ghana) The National Democratic Congress is a social democratic political party in Ghana, founded by Jerry John Rawlings, who was Head of State of Ghana from 1981 to 1993 and the President of Ghana from 1993 to 2001. The NDC was formed ahead of elections in 1992 and 1996 returned Jerry John Rawlings to... |