Suame (Ghana parliament constituency)
| Suame | |
|---|---|
Kumasi Metropolitan District | |
| Region | Ashanti Region of Ghana |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2004 |
| Party | New Patriotic Party |
| MP | Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu |
Suame (Kumasi Metropolitan district but now it is a municipal assembly of the Ashanti Region of Ghana.
This seat was created prior to the
Ghanaian parliamentary election in 2004 when the Old Tafo-Suame constituency was split into the Old Tafo
and Suame constituencies respectively.
Boundaries
The seat is located within Kumasi metropolitan assembly and shares boundaries with tafo nhyiaso, afigya Kwabre South, bantama and
History
The constituency was first created in 2004 by the Electoral Commission of Ghana along with 29 other new ones, increasing the number of constituencies from 200 to 230.[1]
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party |
|---|---|---|
2004
|
Constituency created | |
2004
|
Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu | New Patriotic Party |
Elections
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Patriotic Party | Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu | 48,500 | 82.1 | N/A | |
| National Democratic Congress | Paul Richard Yeboah | 8,448 | 14.3 | N/A | |
| Convention People's Party | Frederick Antwi | 1,157 | 2.0 | N/A | |
| People's National Convention | Young Sampson Agonno | 934 | 1.6 | N/A | |
| Majority | 40,052 | 67.8 | N/A | ||
See also
References
- ^ "FAQ's". Parliament of Ghana. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-07-26.