The Creation of Districts and Constituencies in Ghana: Some Pertinent Issues in the Current Dispensati

Abstract

The creation of administrative districts and parliamentary constituencies constitute major aspects of the internal organisation of states. The Ghanaian Constitution of 1992 invests the creation of districts and constituencies in the Presidency and the independent Electoral Commission respectively. This arrangement has created an uneasy relationship between the two institutions particularly as administrative districts automatically become constituencies
on the dissolution of parliament. This paper discusses the constitutional and political issues emanating from the procedures for the creation of districts and constituencies and concludes that they should be streamlined.

Keywords: Boundary Demarcation, District, Constituency