Gomoa West is one of the constituencies represented in the Parliament of Ghana. Its boundaries are similar to those of the Gomoa West District in the Central Region of Ghana. The current constituency boundaries have been in place from prior to the 2012 Ghanaian general election. This followed the creation of 45 new constituencies to take the total number of constituencies from 230 to 275.
Francis Kojo Arthur was the member of parliament for the constituency for two terms between January 2009 to January 2017. He was elected on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and won a majority of 3,474 votesMPs elected in the Ghanaian parliamentary election, 2008 to become the MP. He succeeded Joe Kingsley Hackman who had represented the constituency in the 4th Republic parliament on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party (NPP).
Members of Parliament
First electedMemberPartyWestern Gomoa 1954 Kojo Botsio Convention People's PartyGomoa-Ajumako 1965 Kojo Botsio Convention People's PartyGomoa-Assin-Ajumako in 2nd Republic 1969 Frank Abor Essel-Cobbah Progress Party3rd Republic 1979 G. K. Benjah(Gomoa Assin constituency) Action Congress Party Gomoa West in 4th Republic 1992 Ama Benyiwa-Doe National Democratic Congress 2004 Joe Kingsley Hackman New Patriotic Party 2008 Francis Kojo Arthur National Democratic Congress New boundaries drawn in 2012 2016 Alexander Kodwo Kom Abban New Patriotic Party 2020 Richard Gyan Mensah National Democratic Congress
Elections
See also List of Ghana Parliament constituencies
References