Agotime-Ziope

Constituency in Ghana

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

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.

Members of Parliament

First elected	Member	Party
2012	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

2020 Ghanaian general election^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Democratic Congress	Charles Agbeve	19,143	87.80	+18.18
	New Patriotic Party	John Kwaku Amenya	2,659	12.20	+9.14
Majority			16,484	75.6	+25.34
Turnout			21,802
Registered electors			28,950

2016 Ghanaian general election: Agotime Ziope^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Democratic Congress	Charles Agbeve	11,614	69.62	-9.18
	Independent politician	Amenya Wisdom Elvis Ativoe	3,229	19.36	—
	National Democratic Party	David Yaoga Sunu	1,329	7.97	-2.56
	New Patriotic Party	John Kwaku	510	3.06	+1.75
Majority			8,385	50.26	-18.09
Turnout			16,682		—

2012 Ghanaian parliamentary election: Agotime Ziope^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Democratic Congress	Juliana Azumah-Mensah	14,485	78.88	—
	National Democratic Party	David Yaoga Sunu	1,935	10.53	—
	New Patriotic Party	David Dickson Dzorkpe	1,721	9.36	—
	Convention People's Party	Sakpa Yao Kuma Donkor	241	1.31	—
Majority			12,550	68.35	—
Turnout			—	—	—

References

^ "Election 2012: Agotime-Ziope". Ghanaweb. Ghana Home Page. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
^ "Parliamentary Results for Agotime-ziope". GhanaWeb. GhanaWeb. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
^ "Parliamentary Results for Agotime-ziope". www.ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
^ "2020 Election - Agotime Ziope Constituency Results". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
^ "Parliamentary Results for Agotime-ziope". www.ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
^ "Parliamentary Results - AdakluConstituency". www.ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 15 December 2020.