Nkwanta North (Ghana parliament constituency)

Nkwanta North Parliamentary constituency
Nkwanta North is in the Nkwanta District of the Volta Region of Ghana
Created:	2004
MP:	Joseph Kwaku Nayan
Party:	National Democratic Congress
Region:	Volta Region

Nkwanta North 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. Nkwanta North is located in the Nkwanta district of the Volta Region of Ghana.

Boundaries

The seat is located within the Nkwanta District of the Volta Region of Ghana. It was formed prior to the 2004 December presidential and parliamentary elections by the division of the old Nkwanta constituency into the new Nkwanta North and Nkwanta South constituencies. ^[1]

Members of Parliament

Election	Member	Party
2004	Joseph Kwaku Nayan	New Patriotic Party

Elections

Ghanaian parliamentary election, 2008: Nkwanta North Source:Ghana Home Page
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Patriotic PartyJoseph Kwaku Nayan NPP	Joseph Kwaku Nayan	9,426	58.1	+28.1
	National Democratic Congress	Dr. Joseph Kwabena Manboah-Rockson	3,241	20	-5.2
	Independent	Solomon Kwame Bachabori	3,241	20	—
	People's National Convention	Emmanuel Kwadjo Gmanab	308	1.9	—
Majority			6,185	38.1	+34.4
Turnout					—

Ghanaian parliamentary election, 2004:Nkwanta North Source:Electoral Commission of Ghana
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Patriotic Party	Joseph Kwaku Nayan	6,178	30.0	N/A
	National Democratic Congress	Muftawu Iddrisu	5,424	26.3	N/A
	Independent	Dr. J. Mamboah-Rockson	5,188	25.2	N/A
	Independent	Abdulai Fulamba	3,678	17.9	N/A
	Convention People's Party	Abdulai Aziz Tairu	123	0.6	N/A
Majority			754	3.7	N/A
Turnout			21,332	93.1	N/A

See also

• List of Ghana Parliament constituencies

References

• Adam Carr's Election Archives
• Ghana Home Page

1. ^ Electoral Commission of Ghana (November 2005). "The 2004 Presidential and Parliamentary Elections". Elections 2004:Ghana's Parliamentary and Presidential Elections. Electoral Commission of Ghana, with support of the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Accra. pp. Page 11. http://library.fes.de/pdf-files/bueros/ghana/03610.pdf. Retrieved 2007-08-14.