how many seats are there in the parliament of ghana
275
title: Parliament of Ghana text: January 1993 – 6 January 2001)<br> Peter Ala Adjetey (7 January 2001 – 6 January 2005)<br> Ebenezer Sekyi Hughes (7 January 2005 – 6 January 2009)<br> Joyce Adeline Bamford-Addo (7 January 2009 – 6 January 2013)<br> Edward Adjaho (7 January 2013 – 6 January 2017)<br> Aaron Mike Oquaye (7 January 2017 – Present) The composition of the Parliament has changed over the years. There were 140 members in both the Second and the Third Republic parliaments. In the current Fourth Republic, the number of MPs have increased first to 200 and subsequently to 275. There have been 6 parliaments so title: Parliament of Ghana text: followed by the NDC's 92. Small political parties and independents won the remaining seats. Kufuor was re-elected in 2004 and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) won 128 out of 230 seats in the concurrent parliamentary election. The main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) won 94, while two other parties - The People's National Convention (PNC) and Convention People's Party (CPP) - won 4 and 3 seats, respectively. An Independent captured the remaining seat. The simple majority (or First Past the Post) voting system is used in Ghana's parliamentary elections. Since 2012, the country is divided into 275 single-member constituencies. Members title: Parliament of Ghana text: the December parliamentary elections. As a result, Rawlings' National Democratic Congress (NDC) won 189 out of 200 seats in Parliament. All parties participated in the 1996 parliamentary elections. The NDC won 133 out of a total of 200 seats, while the main opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) won 60. Two small parties won the remaining seats. The 2000 elections were significant in that President Rawlings was constitutionally barred from seeking another term. In the presidential poll, John Kufuor of the NPP defeated the NDC candidate John Atta Mills in a run-off election. In the 200-seat Parliament, the NPP won 100, title: Parliament of Ghana text: far in the Fourth Republic. The list of its members are below. Parliament of Ghana The Parliament of Ghana is the legislative body of the Government of Ghana. Legislative representation in Ghana dates back to 1950, when the country was a British colony known as Gold Coast. The body, called the Legislative Council, was purely advisory as the Governor exercised all legislative and executive powers. Reforms were introduced in 1916 and 1925, although the governor's power remained extensive. In 1946, a new constitution was introduced that allowed for an unofficial member of the Legislative Council to become its president while title: MPs elected in the Ghanaian parliamentary election, 2016 text: and Members of Parliament. Results from 238 constituencies are shown in the table below. A complete list of MPs by constituency will be listed when available. MPs elected in the Ghanaian parliamentary election, 2016 The election of Members of Parliament (MPs) to the 7th Parliament of the Fourth Republic was held on 7 December 2016. The Speaker is not an elected member of parliament though he/she is qualified to stand for election as such. 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