Manhyia South

{{Short description|Constituency in the Ashanti Region of Ghana}}

{{Infobox Ghana constituency|Name=Manhyia South|Map1=|Map2=Ghana-Ashanti.png|Year=|District=Kumasi Metropolitan District|Region=Ashanti Region|MP=Nana Agyei Baffour Awuah|Party=New Patriotic Party}}Manhyia South 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. Nana Agyei Baffour Awuah is the member of parliament for the constituency.{{Cite web |title=Ashanti region election 2024- MyJoyOnline |url=https://www.myjoyonline.com/region/?region=1&election=19 |access-date=2025-04-22 |website=www.myjoyonline.com |language=en-US}} Manhyia South is located in the Kumasi Metropolitan district of the Ashanti Region of Ghana.{{Cite web |date=2022-05-24 |title=Group donates to schools to mark NAPO’s 54th birthday |url=https://citinewsroom.com/2022/05/group-donates-to-schools-to-mark-napos-54th-birthday/ |access-date=2022-05-24 |website=Citinewsroom - Comprehensive News in Ghana |language=en-US}}

Boundaries

The seat is located within the Kumasi Metropolitan District of the Ashanti Region of Ghana. The constituency is engulfed by Asawase, Manhyia North, Bantama and Subin constituencies

Members of Parliament

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!Election

!Member

!Party

1997

|Dr Kwame Addo Kufuor

|New Patriotic Party

2001

|Dr Kwame Addo Kufuor

|New Patriotic Party

2005

|Dr Kwame Addo Kufuor

|New Patriotic Party

2009

|Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh

|New Patriotic Party

2013

|Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh

|New Patriotic Party

2017

|Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh

|New Patriotic Party

2021

|Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh

|New Patriotic Party

2025

|Nana Agyei Baffour Awuah, Esq.

|New Patriotic Party

Elections

{{Election box begin|title=2016 Ghanaian parliamentary election: Manhyia South
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{{Election box candidate|party=New Patriotic Party|candidate=Mathew Opoku Prempeh|votes=35,958|percentage=86.17|change=}}

{{Election box candidate|party=National Democratic Congress|candidate=Sylvester Lewis Kofie|votes=5,043|percentage=12.08|change=}}

{{Election box candidate|party=Progressive People's Party|candidate=Boadu Richard|votes=519|percentage=1.24|change=}}

{{Election box candidate|party=Convention People's Party|candidate=Asante Eugene|votes=210|percentage=0.50|change=}}

{{Election box majority|votes=30,915|percentage=74.09|change=}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin|title=2012 Ghanaian parliamentary election: Manhyia South
{{small|1=Source:[http://ghanaelections.peacefmonline.com/pages/2016/parliament/ashanti/ Peace FM Online]}}}}

{{Election box candidate|party=New Patriotic Party|candidate=Mathew Opoku Prempeh|votes=35,152|percentage=82.05|change=}}

{{Election box candidate|party=National Democratic Congress|candidate=Mohammed Kamaldeen Yakubu|votes=6,890|percentage=16.08|change=}}

{{Election box candidate|party=United Front Party|candidate=Daniel Oppong|votes=515|percentage=1.20|change=}}

{{Election box candidate|party=Convention People's Party|candidate=Yaw Nkunim|votes=189|percentage=0.44|change=}}

{{Election box candidate|party=National Democratic Party|candidate=Gabriel Kofi Owiredu|votes=97|percentage=0.23|change=}}

{{Election box majority|votes=28,262|percentage=65.97|change=}}

{{Election box end}}

See also

References

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Category:Parliamentary constituencies in the Ashanti Region