Keta (Ghana parliament constituency)

Ghana constituency infobox
Name = Keta
Map1 =
Map2 = Ghana-Volta
Year =
District = Keta District
Region = Volta Region
MP =
Party = National Democratic Congress

Keta 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. Keta is located in the Keta district of the Volta Region of Ghana.

Boundaries

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

Members of Parliament

Elections

Election box candidate
party = National Democratic Congress
candidate = Dan Abodakpi
votes = 26,803
percentage = 87.5
change = -3.4 Election box candidate
party = New Patriotic Party
candidate = Kudjoe Fianoo
votes = 1,976
percentage = 6.5
change = 3.4 Election box candidate
party = National Reform Party
candidate = Chris Arcman Ackumey
votes = 1,341
percentage = 4.4
change = 1.2 Election box candidate
party = Independent
candidate = W/O (rtd.) Tetteh Kuwornu
votes = 217
percentage = 0.7
change = — Election box candidate
party = Every Ghanaian Living Everywhere
candidate = Richard Wornue
votes = 141
percentage = 0.5
change = — Election box candidate
party = People's National Convention
candidate = Ferdinand Fiawoo Piccolo
votes = 100
percentage = 0.3
change = -0.6 Election box candidate
party = Independent
candidate = Jones Priam Wemegah
votes = 53
percentage = 0.2
change = — Election box majority
votes = 24,827
percentage = 81.0
change = -6.7 Election box turnout
votes = 30,971
percentage = 91.1
change = — Election box end

Dan Abodakpi, MP for Keta constituency, who was also Minister for Trade and Industry in the NDC Rawlings government, was jailed by a Fast Track Court in Ghana for fraud. [cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6337767.stm |title=Ghana boycott over graft sentence |accessdate=2008-03-22 |date=Wednesday 7 February 2007 |work=Africa News |publisher=BBC Online]

Election box candidate
party = National Democratic Congress
candidate = Dan Kwasi Abodakpi
votes = 25,090
percentage = 90.9
change = — Election box candidate|United Ghana Movement
party = National Reform Party
candidate = Chris Archmann-Ackummey
votes = 898
percentage = 3.2
change = — Election box candidate
party = New Patriotic Party
candidate = Emmanuel K. Vorkeh
votes = 847
percentage = 3.1
change = — Election box candidate
party = Convention People's Party
candidate = Gladys Adzo Tsikpo
votes = 519
percentage = 1.9
change = — Election box candidate
party = People's National Convention
candidate = Ferdinand Fiawoo-Piccolo
votes = 244
percentage = 0.9
change = — Election box majority
votes = 24,192
percentage = 87.7
change = — Election box end

ee also

*List of Ghana Parliament constituencies

References

* [http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/g/ghana/ghana11.txt Adam Carr's Election Archives]
* [http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/election2004/parliament.constituency.php?ID=197 2004 results on Ghana Home Page]