Akatsi South (Ghana parliament constituency)

Akatsi South (formerly part of Avenor-Ave) 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. Akatsi South is located in the Akatsi district of the Volta Region of Ghana.

Akatsi South
constituency for the Parliament of Ghana
District	Akatsi District
Region	Volta Region of Ghana
Current constituency
Party	National Democratic Congress
MP	Bernard Ahiafor

Boundaries

The seat is located entirely within the Akatsi Municipality of the Volta Region of Ghana. The constituency shares a boundary with Akatsi North District at the North, at North-East with Ketu-North Municipality, at the East with Keta Municipal Assembly, to the South with the Anlo District and to the West with South Tongu Municipal Assembly, at the North-West id the Agotime-Ziope District.

Members of Parliament

First Elected	Member	Party
Avenor constituency
1956	Nelson Kwami Maglo[1]	Convention People's Party
1969	Frederick Percival Segbefia	National Alliance of Liberals
1979	Joseph B. Yegbe	United National Convention
Avenor-Ave constituency
1992	Edward Adjaho	National Democratic Congress
Akatsi South constituency
2012	Edward Adjaho	National Democratic Congress
2012 (By-election)	Bernard Ahiafor	National Democratic Congress

Elections

2020 Ghanaian general election:Akatsi South^[2][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Democratic Congress	Bernard Ahiafor	31,624	83.71
	New Patriotic Party	Leo-Nelson Azidogah	5,550	14.69
	Convention People's Party	Maxwell Kwame Nana Atsa	360	0.95
	National Democratic Party	Sanusi Murana	245	0.65
	All People's Congress	Donald Brown Dzameshie	0	0.00
Majority			26,070	69.02
Turnout
Registered electors			49,287

2016 Ghanaian general election: Akatsi South^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Democratic Congress	Bernard Ahiafor	16,916	56.34
	Independent	Evans Gadeto Djikunu	11,976	39.89	—
	New Patriotic Party	Leo Nelson Adzidogah	850	2.83
	Progressive People's Party	Ametame Japhet	233	0.78	—
	Convention People's Party	Andreas Kwabla Avorgbedor	50	0.17
Majority			4,940	16.45
Turnout			30,025		—

There was a by-election in February 2012 as Edward Adjaho had been elected Speaker of the Parliament of Ghana at the beginning of the fourth parliament of the Fourth Republic.^[5]

2012 By-election: Akatsi South^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Democratic Congress	Bernard Ahiafor	12,079
	Independent	Evans Gadeto	8,312
	Progressive People's Party	Anthony Tsikata	369
Majority			3,767	18.2
Turnout					—

2012 Ghanaian general election: Akatsi South^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Democratic Congress	Edward Korbly Doe Adjaho	21,588	65.08	−3.02
	Independent	Evans Gadeto Djikunu	9,945	29.98	N/A
	New Patriotic Party	Leo-Nelson Adzidogah	1,388	4.18	−1.52
	Progressive People's Party	Ametame Japhet	251	0.76	N/A
Majority			11,643	35.1
Turnout			33,172		—

The Electoral Commission of Ghana made changes to the constituencies following the national census in 2010. The total number of constituencies increased by 45 from 230 to 275. The Avenor-Ane became the Akatsi South constituency with Akatsi North carved out of it.^[7]

2008 Ghanaian general election: Avenor-Ave^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Democratic Congress	Edward Korbly Doe Adjaho	23,419	68.1	−13.8
	Independent	Seth Dominic Aglago	6,552	19.1	—
	New Patriotic Party	Abledu Anthony Kofi	1,955	5.7	−7.5
	Democratic Freedom Party	Klutse D. Tony	1,776	5.2	—
	Convention People's Party	Vincent Norgbedzi Kudzo	619	1.8	−2.3
	Democratic People's Party	Agbovi Wisdom	70	0.2	—
Majority			16,867	49.0	−19.7
Turnout					—

2004 Ghanaian general election: Avenor-Ave^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Democratic Congress	Edward Korbly Doe Adjaho	31,795	81.9	3.6
	New Patriotic Party	Nicholas Coffie Negble	5,118	13.2	12.0
	Convention People's Party	Vincent Norgbedzi	1,585	4.1	2.1
	People's National Convention	Ms Mumuni Ayisha	174	0.4	—
	Every Ghanaian Living Everywhere	Ms Vida Abla Kotoku	152	0.4	—
Majority			7,814	68.7	8.9
Turnout			39,437	88.8	—

2000 Ghanaian parliamentary election: Avenor^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Democratic Congress	Edward Korbly Doe Adjaho	23,981	78.3	−3.7
	United Ghana Movement	Abledu A. Kofi	5,665	18.5	—
	Convention People's Party	Vincent Norgbedzi	616	2.0	—
	New Patriotic Party	Nicholas Coffie Megble	364	1.2	+0.1
Majority			18,316	59.8	−6.5

1996 Ghanaian parliamentary election: Avenor-Ave^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Democratic Congress	Edward Korbly Doe Adjaho	32,916	82.0	—
	Independent	Paul Kofi Agbalekpor	6,313	15.7	—
	People's National Convention	Emmanuel Bedzo Kwasi	465	1.2	—
	New Patriotic Party	Kwami Agbenyegah Awadzie	450	1.1	—
Majority			26,603	66.3	—
Turnout			40,144	83.8	+25.7

1992 Ghanaian parliamentary election: Avenor-Ave^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Democratic Congress	Edward Korbly Doe Adjaho			—
Majority					—
Turnout			25,156	58.1	—

See also

• List of Ghana Parliament constituencies

References

1. Frazier, Joe (14 November 2015). "Job 600 and Members of Parliament". Graphic Online. Graphic Communications Group Ltd. Retrieved 29 March 2020. Messrs. K.A Gbedema and Nelson Maglo were the first MPs I saw and listened to. The two gentlemen were CPP Members of Parliament for Keta and Avenor respectively.
2. "Parliamentary Results for Akatsi South". www.ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
3. "2020 Election - Akatsi South Constituency Results". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
4. "Parliamentary Results for Akatsi South". www.ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
5. "NDC's Ahiafor wins Akatsi South bye-election". Ghanaweb. Ghanaweb. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
6. "Parliamentary Results - Akatsi South". ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
7. "Election 2012: List of 45 New Constituencies in Ghana". exposeGHANA.com. exposeGHANA.com. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
8. "Parliamentary Results Avenor-Ave (Volta Region)". www.ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
9. "Election 2004 - Ghana Parliamentary and Presidential Elections" (PDF). www.fes.de. Electoral Commission of Ghana, with support of the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. November 2005. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
10. "REPUBLIC OF GHANA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 7 DECEMBER 2000". psephos.adam-carr.net. Adam Carr. Archived from the original on 31 July 2008. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
11. "1996 Parliamentary Election Results" (PDF). www.ec.gov.gh. Electoral Commission of Ghana. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2011. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
12. "ELECTED PARLIAMENTARIANS - 1992 ELECTIONS". www.ec.gov.gh. Electoral Commission of Ghana. Archived from the original (spreadsheet) on 12 January 2011. Retrieved 20 December 2020.

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