Hemang Lower Denkyira (Ghana parliament constituency)
Encyclopedia
Hemang Lower Denkyira 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
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...

 by the first past the post system of election. The Hemang Lower Denkyira constituency is located in the Twifo/Heman/Lower Denkyira district
Twifo/Heman/Lower Denkyira District
The Twifo/Heman/Lower Denkyira District is a district in the Central Region of Ghana.Twifo/Heman/Lower Denkyira district is where Kakum National Park is located. The district also has the River Pra and the Twifo oil palm plantation ltd.-External links:...

 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 Twifo/Heman/Lower Denkyira district of the Central Region of Ghana.

History

The constituency was first created in 2004 by the Electoral Commission of Ghana
Electoral Commission of Ghana
The Electoral Commission of Ghana is the official body in Ghana responsible for all public elections. Made up of seven members, its independence is guaranteed by the 1992 Ghana constitution. The current commission was established by the Electoral Commission Act of 1993.-Members:The Commission is...

 along with 29 other new ones, increasing the number of constituencies from 200 to 230.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
2004 Benjamin Bimpong Donkor New Patriotic Party
New Patriotic Party
-External links:*...


Elections

Benjamin Bimpong Donkor, the current MP for the Assin South constituency was first elected in the constituency's first ever election in 2004
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:**...

. He retained his seat by a majority of 476 (2.4%) in the 2008 parliamenary election.
The source of this article is wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.  The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
 
x
OK