Yilo Krobo District

The Yilo Krobo District is one of the twenty-one (21) districts of the Eastern Region of south Ghana. The capital is Somanya.

Geography

The Yilo Krobo district is approximately between latitude 60 .00’N and 00 .30’N and between longitude 00 . 30’ and 10 .00’W. It covers an estimated area of 805sq.km, constituting 4.2 percent of the total area of the Eastern Region with Somanya as its capital. The Yilo Krobo district is bounded in the north and east by Lower Manya Krobo District, in the South by Akuapim North District and on the West by New-Juaben Municipal District, East Akim Municipal District and Fanteakwa District.

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Yilo Krobo (Ghana parliament constituency)

The Yilo Krobo constituency is in the Eastern region of Ghana. The current member of Parliament for the constituency is Raymond Tawiah. He was elected on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and won a majority of 4,687 votes more than candidate closest in the race, to win the constituency election to become the MP. He had represented the constituency in the 4th Republican parliament. On 21 January 2012, Raymond Tawiah lost the chance to represent the constituency for the third time due to nonperformance. His place on the ballot paper for the 2012 parliamentary elections will be taken by renowned Lawyer, Stalwart Politician and Cultural administrator Lawyer Kofi Amoatey who defeated the incumbent in the Primaries. On 7 December 2012 Lawyer Kofi Amoatey standing on the ticket of the ruling National Democratic Congress, polled 26,581 votes representing 60.36% of valid votes cast to beat his closest rival Christian Kofi Tettey of the opposition New Patriotic Party who only managed 14,510 representing 32.95% despite having attempted to capture the seat in the last 5 parliamentary elections.