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At the time Ghana became an independent country, there were 104 seats in parliament. This increased to 198 after 1965 when Ghana became a one party state. At the start of the Second Republic in 1969, the number of seats were increased to 140. This did not change further until the start of the Fourth republic when it was increased from 140 to 200.
This is a list of members of parliament (MPs) elected to the Parliament of Ghana for the Second Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana at the 1996 parliamentary election, held on 7 December 1996.
^b - Bimbilla constituency - 14 March 2002 - Dominic Aduna Bingab Nitiwul (NPP) won with a majority of 7621, after Mohamed Ibn Chambas had vacated the seat to take up his new job as the Executive Secretary of the Economic Community of West African States.
Eric Afful also of the NDC, won the seat with 52.64% of the vote. The closest in the election was Paul Dekyi of the NPP who had 43.54% of the total votes cast. [28] Abuakwa North - 29 March 2016 - Following the death of J B Danquah Adu of the NPP, a by-election was conducted by the Electoral Commission of Ghana at the end of March 2016. [29]
1.2 Seats with retiring MPs. ... Prior to the 2024 Ghanaian parliamentary election, political parties chose candidates for the 275 seats in the Parliament of Ghana.
Francis Bawaana Dakurah of the NDC won the seat with a majority of 9,337 (59.0%) beating the NPP candidate and immediate past District Chief Executive, Justin Bayelah Dakurah to second place. [14] Chereponi constituency - 29 September 2009 - Doris Asibi Seidu died on 31 July 2009 after an illness. [5]
William Kofi Dowokpor of the Progressive People's Party had 0.58% while Clement Boadi of the Liberal Party of Ghana had 0.1% of the total votes cast. [ 17 ] [ 18 ] Mfantseman - As the death of the sitting MP, Ekow Hayford was less than 3 months before the 2020 Ghanaian general election , no by-election was arranged as stipulated by the Ghanaian ...
General elections were held in Ghana on Friday 7 December 2012 to elect a president and members of Parliament in 275 electoral constituencies. [1] Owing to the breakdown of some biometric verification machines, some voters could not vote, and voting was extended to Saturday 8 December 2012. [2]