Agotime-Ziope
Constituency in Ghana
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Agotime-Ziope 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. Agotime-Ziope is located in the newly created Agotime Ziope district of the Volta Region of Ghana. It was created in 2012 by the Electoral Commission of Ghana prior to the Ghanaian general election.
| Agotime-Ziope | |
|---|---|
| constituency for the Parliament of Ghana | |
| |
| District | Agotime Ziope District |
| Region | Volta Region of Ghana |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2012 |
| Party | National Democratic Congress |
| MP | Charles Agbeve |
Members of Parliament
| Ho East | ||
|---|---|---|
| First elected | Member | Party |
| 1954 | Rev. Francis Richard Ametowobla | Independent |
| 1960 | Emmanuel Yaw Attigah | Convention People's Party |
| Ho (Merger of Ho East and Ho West) | ||
| 1965 | Emmanuel Yaw Attigah | Convention People's Party |
| Ho East | ||
| 1969 | Komla Dotse Akude | National Alliance of Liberals |
| 1979 | Togbe Zokah III | People's National Party |
| 1992 | Steve Senu Akorli | National Democratic Congress |
| 2004 | Juliana Jocelyn Azumah-Mensah | National Democratic Congress |
| Agotime-Ziope (New constituency created) | ||
| 2012 | Juliana Azumah-Mensah | National Democratic Congress |
| 2016 | Charles Agbeve | National Democratic Congress |
The first ever election was held in December 2012 as part of the Ghanaian elections. The National Democratic Congress candidate won the seat with a 12,550 majority.[1] This new constituency was partly carved out of the former Ho East so the first elected Member of Parliament was the sitting MP for Ho East. The National Democratic Party has held this seat since the creation of this constituency although there has been a change of MP.[2]
Elections
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NDC | Charles Akwesi Agbeve | 16,500 | 85.29 | −2.51 | |
| NPP | Kentle Seth Agbobli | 2,608 | 13.48 | +1.28 | |
| NDP | John Tepe | 237 | 1.23 | — | |
| Majority | 13,892 | 71.81 | −3.79 | ||
| Turnout | 19,622 | ||||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NDC | Charles Agbeve | 19,143 | 87.80 | +18.18 | |
| NPP | John Kwaku Amenya | 2,659 | 12.20 | +9.14 | |
| Majority | 16,484 | 75.6 | +25.34 | ||
| Turnout | 21,802 | ||||
| Registered electors | 28,950 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NDC | Charles Agbeve | 11,614 | 69.62 | −9.18 | |
| Independent | Amenya Wisdom Elvis Ativoe | 3,229 | 19.36 | — | |
| NDP | David Yaoga Sunu | 1,329 | 7.97 | −2.56 | |
| NPP | John Kwaku | 510 | 3.06 | +1.75 | |
| Majority | 8,385 | 50.26 | −18.09 | ||
| Turnout | 16,682 | — | |||