Created 2004 MP Benjamin Kofi Ayeh Region Central Region | Party New Patriotic Party District Upper Denkyira District | |
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Upper Denkyira West 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. The Upper Denkyira West constituency is located in the Upper Denkyira district of the Central Region of Ghana.
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Boundaries
The seat is located entirely within the Upper Denkyira district of the Central Region of Ghana.
History
The constituency was created when it was carved out of the Upper Denkyira constituency prior to the Ghanaian parliamentary election in 2004. This was when the Electoral Commission of Ghana created 29 new constituencies. What was left became the Upper Denkyira East constituency.
Elections
Benjamin Kofi Ayeh, the current MP for the constituency was first elected in 2004 and retained his seat in the 2008 parliamenary election.