Upper Denkyira West 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

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 by the first past the post system of election. The Upper Denkyira West constituency is located in the Upper Denkyira district

Upper Denkyira District

The Upper Denkyira District is a district of Ghana in the west of the Central Region. It is named after the former kingdom of Denkyira. The capital of Upper denkyira District is Dunkwa-On-Offin.-References:*...

 of the Central Region

Central Region (Ghana)

The Central Region is one of Ghana's ten administrative regions. It is bordered by the Ashanti and Eastern regions to the north, Western region to the west, Greater Accra region to the east, and to the south by the Atlantic Ocean.-Districts:...

 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 entirely within the Upper Denkyira district of the Central Region of Ghana.

History

The constituency was created when it was carved out of the Upper Denkyira constituency prior to the Ghanaian parliamentary election

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:**...

 in 2004. This was when the Electoral Commission of Ghana

Electoral Commission of Ghana

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 created 29 new constituencies. What was left became the Upper Denkyira East

Upper Denkyira East (Ghana parliament constituency)

Upper Denkyira East 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

Election	Member	Party
2004	Benjamin Kofi Ayeh	New Patriotic Party New Patriotic Party -External links:*...

Elections

Benjamin Kofi Ayeh, the current MP for the constituency was first elected in 2004 and retained his seat in the 2008 parliamenary election.