Keta (Ghana parliament constituency)
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Keta is one of the constituencies represented in the Parliament of Ghana
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. Keta is located in the Keta district
Keta District
The Keta Municipal District is a district of Ghana in the Volta Region. the town of Keta is the administrative centre.-Bounds:Keta Municipal District is bounded by:* the Gulf of Guinea to the east and south,...

 of the Volta Region
Volta Region
Volta Region is one of Ghana's ten administrative regions. It is to the east of Lake Volta. Its capital is Ho.-List of districts:The region has 18 districts consisting of 3 municipal and 15 ordinary districts:-Background:...

 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 one of two constituencies located within the Keta district of the Volta Region of Ghana. The other is the Anlo
Anlo (Ghana parliament constituency)
Anlo 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...

 constituency.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1992 Dan Kwasi Abodakpi 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...

2008 Richard Lasseey Agbenyefia National Democratic Congress

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Dan Abodakpi, MP for Keta constituency, who was also Minister for Trade and Industry in the NDC Rawlings government
Rawlings government
This is a listing of the ministers who served in Jerry Rawlings's National Democratic Congress government during the Fourth Republic of Ghana. This started on January 7, 1993, after 11 years of military rule by Rawlings...

, was jailed by a Fast Track Court in Ghana for fraud.






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