Nhyiaeso is one of the

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represented in the

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. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the

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system of election. Nhyiaeso is located in the

Kumasi Metropolitan district Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (abbreviated as the KMA) is one of the 261 Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) in Ghana. It forms part of the forty-three districts in Ashanti Region, Ghana with Kumasi being its administrative ca ...

of the

Ashanti Region The Ashanti Region is located in the southern part of Ghana and is the third largest of Regions of Ghana, 16 administrative regions, occupying a total land surface of and making up 10.2 percent of the total land area of Ghana. It is the List of ...

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. This seat was created prior to the Ghanaian parliamentary election in 2004 and has been held by the

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since then. The Member of Parliament for the Nhyiaeso Constituency is Stephen Amoah since 2017.

Boundaries

The seat is located within the Kumasi Metropolitan District of the Ashanti Region of Ghana.

History

The constituency was first created in 2004 by the

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along with 29 other new ones, increasing the number of constituencies from 200 to 230.

Members of Parliament

Elections

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nhyiaeso Parliamentary constituencies in the Ashanti Region 2004 establishments in Ghana

Boundaries

History

Members of Parliament

Elections

See also

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