Essikado-Ketan (Ghana parliament constituency)
| Essikado-Ketan | |
|---|---|
| constituency for the Parliament of Ghana | |
 | |
| District | Sekondi Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly |
| Region | Western Region of Ghana |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2004 |
| Party | New Patriotic Party |
| MP | Joe Ghartey |
Essikado-Ketan 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. Essikado-Ketan is located in the Sekondi Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly of the Western Region of Ghana. The current Member of Parliament is Hon. Joe Ghartey.
Boundaries
[edit]The seat is located within STMA of the Western Region of Ghana. It was formed prior to the 2004 December presidential and parliamentary elections by the division of the old Sekondi constituency into the new Essikado-Ketan and Sekondi constituencies.[1]
Members of Parliament
[edit]Elections
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Patriotic Party | [JOE GHARTEY]] | 24,078 | 71.4 | N/A | |
| National Democratic Congress | David Mensah | 8,976 | 26.6 | N/A | |
| Convention People's Party | Frank Noble Ankomah | 652 | 1.9 | N/A | |
| Majority | 15,102 | 44.8 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 34,198 | 82.3 | 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. p. 11. Retrieved 2007-08-14.