Dormaa West (Ghana parliament constituency)
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| Dormaa West | |
|---|---|
| constituency for the Parliament of Ghana | |
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| Region | Bono Region of Ghana |
| Current constituency | |
| Party | National Democratic Congress (Ghana) |
| MP | Vincent Oppong Asamoah |
Dormaa West is a constituency for the Parliament of Ghana in the Bono Region of Ghana. During the Second and Third Republics, there was a single Dormaa constituency.
During the Fourth Republic, there was a Dorma East and Dorma West constituency set up before the 1992 Ghanaian parliamentary election. Prior to the 2012 Ghanaian general election, there was a reconfiguration so that there was now a Dormaa East, Central and West constituency. The Dorma West MP at the time, Kwaku Agyemang-Manu who was elected after the 2008 Ghanaian general election went on to stand and win the seat for Dorma Central.[1]
Vincent Oppong Asamoah is the current member of parliament for the constituency. He is the longest serving MP for Dormaa West. He won the seat in 2012.[2] He lost the seat in 2016[3] but won the seat back in 2020[4] and retained it in 2024.[5]
| First elected | Member | Party | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Second Republic Dormaa | |||
| 1969 | Solomon Anso Manson | Progress Party | 1969-1972 |
| Third Republic | |||
| 1979 | Solomon Anso Manson | Popular Front Party | 1979-1981 |
| Fourth Republic Dorma West created | |||
| 1992 | Thomas Kwame Yeboah | National Democratic Congress | 1993-2001 |
| 2000 | Yaw Asiedu-Mensah | New Patriotic Party | 2001-2009 |
| 2008 | Kwaku Agyemang-Manu | New Patriotic Party | 2009-2013 |
| 2012 | Vincent Oppong Asamoah | National Democratic Congress | 2013-2017 |
| 2016 | Ali Maiga Halidu | National Democratic Congress | 2017-2021 |
| 2020 | Vincent Oppong Asamoah | National Democratic Congress | 2021 to date |