• Source: List of parliamentary constituencies of Ghana

    • This is a list of the 276 constituencies in Ghana. They will be contested in the Parliament of the Republic of Ghana, from December 2024. There were 275 constituencies at the time of the 2020 Ghanaian general election. One more constituency, Guan, was added in 2023 and was contested for the first time in the 2024 Ghanaian general election. It had been increased from 260 at the previous election held in December 2012 parliamentary election. Each constituency is represented by a single member of parliament (MP). There were 230 parliamentary constituencies previously.


    History


    At the time Ghana became an independent country, there were 104 seats in parliament. This increased to 198 after 1965 when Ghana became a one party state. At the start of the Second Republic in 1969, the number of seats were increased to 140. This did not change further until the start of the Fourth republic when it was increased from 140 to 200. The number of seats was increased following the December 2000 elections. After the 2000 population census, the number of districts were increased from 110 to 138. The Electoral Commission of Ghana did a demarcation exercise which increased the number of constituencies from 200 to 230. The total list of constituencies was increased to 275 prior to the 2012 Ghanaian general election. This was done by the Electoral Commission of Ghana after the final results of the 2010 population census became available. Following a referendum in December 2018, the number of administrative regions have also been increased from ten to sixteen.


    Constituencies per region




    Ahafo Region



    The Ahafo Region is one of the two new regions carved out of the Brong-Ahafo Region. The Brong-Ahafo Region was split into three regions following the December 2018 referendum.


    Ashanti Region



    The number of constituencies in this region increased from 33 to 39 in 2004 and 48 in 2012 prior to the 2012 Ghanaian general election. Some new districts were created in 2008 affecting the location of some constituencies.


    Bono Region



    The Brong-Ahafo Region was split into three regions following the December 2018 referendum.


    Bono East Region


    The Bono East Region is one of the two new regions carved out of the Brong Ahafo Region. The Brong-Ahafo Region was split into three regions following the December 2018 referendum.


    Central Region



    The number of constituencies in the region increased from 17 to 19 in 2004 and 23 in 2012 prior to the 2012 Ghanaian general election.


    Eastern Region



    The number of constituencies was increased from 26 to 28 in 2004 and 33 in 2012 prior to the 2012 Ghanaian general election.


    Greater Accra Region



    The number of constituencies increased/spread from 22 to 27 in 2004 and 34 prior to the 2012 Ghanaian general election.


    North East Region


    The North East Region was created following the December 2018 referendum.


    Northern Region



    The number of constituencies increased from 23 to 26 in 2004 and 31 in 2012 prior to the 2012 Ghanaian general election. After the division of the region into Northern and North Eastern regions, the region now had 18 constituencies.


    Oti Region


    The Oti Region was created following the December 2018 referendum. There were 8 seats originally but one more, Guan was added prior to the 2024 general election.


    Savannah Region


    The Savannah Region was created following the December 2018 referendum.


    Upper East Region



    The number of constituencies increased from 12 to 13 in 2004 and 15 in 2012 prior to the 2012 Ghanaian general election.


    Upper West Region



    The number of constituencies increased from 8 to 10 and 11 in 2012 prior to the 2012 Ghanaian general election.


    Volta Region



    The number of constituencies increased from 19 to 22 in 2004 and 26 in 2012 prior to the 2012 Ghanaian general election. This reduced to 18 after the December 2018 referendum which led to the creation of 6 new regions. The old Volta Region got split into Oti and Volta Regions.


    Western Region



    The number of constituencies increased from 19 to 22 in 2004 and 26 in 2012.


    Western North Region




    See also


    Parliament of Ghana
    Districts of Ghana
    Regions of Ghana
    Administrative divisions of Ghana


    Notes




    External links and sources


    Ghana Parliament official website
    Constituencies and MPs on GhanaDistrict.com
    List of new constituencies by region on Ghana government website
    List of the new constituencies created in 2004 by National Electoral Commission – Page 11
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