Suame (Ghana parliament constituency)

Ghana constituency infobox
Name = Suame
Map1 =
Map2 = Ghana-Ashanti
Year = 2004
District = Kumasi Metropolitan District
Region = Ashanti Region
MP = Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu
Party = New Patriotic Party

Suame is one of the constituencies represented in the Parliament of Ghana. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. Suame is located in the Kumasi Metropolitan district 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 the Kumasi Metropolitan District of the Ashanti Region of Ghana.

History

The constituency was first created in 2004 by the National Electoral Commission along with 29 other new ones, increasing the number of constituencies from 200 to 230. [cite web |url=http://www.parliament.gh/faq.php |title=FAQ's |accessdate=2007-07-26 |publisher=Parliament of Ghana]

Members of Parliament

Elections

Election box candidate
party = New Patriotic Party
candidate = Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu
votes = 48,500
percentage = 82.1
change = "N/A" Election box candidate
party = National Democratic Congress
candidate = Paul Richard Yeboah
votes = 8,448
percentage = 14.3
change = "N/A" Election box candidate
party = Convention People's Party
candidate = Frederick Antwi
votes = 1,157
percentage = 2.0
change = "N/A" Election box candidate
party = People's National Convention
candidate = Young Sampson Agonno
votes = 934
percentage = 1.6
change = "N/A" Election box majority
votes = 40,052
percentage = 67.8
change = "N/A" Election box end

ee also

*List of Ghana Parliament constituencies

References