Ghana is made up of ten administrative regions. Members of Parliament are elected from all these regions. The more number of electoral constituencies there are in a region, the higher the number of MPs that represent it. Below is a breakdown of MPs by their administrative region of origin.
Table 1: Distribution of MPs by Region
Region | Number of MPs |
Upper West Region | 11 |
Upper East Region | 15 |
Central Region | 23 |
Volta Region Region | 26 |
Western Region | 26 |
Brong Ahafo Region | 29 |
Northern Region | 31 |
Eastern Region | 33 |
Greater Accra Region | 34 |
Ashanti Region | 47 |
Figure 2: Distribution of MPs by Region