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The Parliament of Ghana is the unicameral legislature of Ghana. It consists of 276 members, who are elected for four-year terms in single-seat constituencies using a first-past-the-post voting system.
The Speaker is not an elected member of parliament though though must be qualified to stand for election as such. There are a total of 276 constituencies in Ghana. The 9th Parliament is set to convene on 7 January 2025 to elect a Speaker and Deputy Speakers as well as for the administration of oaths to the Speaker and Members of Parliament.
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 Parliament House of Ghana is the official seat of the Speaker of Parliament of the country and also serves as Parliament of Ghana. [1] It also has offices which serve temporal offices of certain members of parliament .
Parliament on Friday approved a $150 million loan agreement between the government and the World Bank's International Development Association to improve Accra's economic resilience.
www.facebook.com /kwamesefe / Richard Kwame Sefe (born 11 October 1972) is a Ghanaian politician and member of the National Democratic Congress . He is the member of parliament for the Anlo Constituency , in the Volta Region of Ghana .
There are a total of 275 constituencies in Ghana. 45 new constituencies were created prior to the 2012 election. The 7th Parliament had its first sitting on Sunday 7 January 2017 shortly after midnight [2] to elect a Speaker and Deputy Speakers as well as for the administration of oaths to the Speaker and Members of Parliament.
On 7 January 2021, Bagbin was elected and sworn in as the Speaker of Parliament of Ghana, after a well-drawn-out contest, after he was nominated by the Members of Parliament on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress. [2] He defeated the incumbent, Mike Oquaye, who was nominated by the New Patriotic Party for the position. [24]