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BY: Gilbert Mawuli Agbey
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The Gomoa Central Constituency, with its capital at Gomoa Afransi, was among the 45 constituencies created by the Electoral Commission (EC) in the run-up to the 2012 general election.
It has an estimated population of 93,406.
The people in the constituency are predominantly farmers, most of whom are into the production of maize, cassava, pineapple, tomatoes and other food crops.
Other major towns located in the constituency include Mpota, Asebu, Pomadze, Oguaakrom, Ekwamkrom, Aboso, Benso, Oboasi and Lome.
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In the constituency’s first parliamentary election in 2012, Rachel Florence Appoh of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) was elected Member of Parliament (MP) after polling 15,719 votes, representing 57 per cent. Dr Edward Nana Ketu Cudjoe of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) had 11,385, representing 41.36 per cent, while Grace Ignophia Appiah who stood on the ticket of the Progressive People’s Party (PP