Asutifi South (Ghana parliament constituency)

Ghana constituency infobox
Name = Asutifi South
Map1 =
Map2 = Ghana-Brong-Ahafo
Year =
District = Asutifi District
Region = Brong Ahafo Region
MP = Collins Dauda
Party = National Democratic Congress

Asutifi South 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. Asutifi South is located in the Asutifi district of the Brong Ahafo Region of Ghana.

Boundaries

The seat is located entirely within the Asutifi district of the Brong Ahafo Region of Ghana.

Members of Parliament

Elections

Election box candidate
party = National Democratic Congress
candidate = Collins Dauda
votes = 9,668
percentage = 51.7
change = +3.4 Election box candidate
party = New Patriotic Party
candidate = Thomas Broni
votes = 8,763
percentage = 46.9
change = -4.8 Election box candidate
party = People's National Convention
candidate = Nana Ababio Cosmos
votes = 218
percentage = 1.2
change = — Election box candidate
party = Convention People's Party
candidate = Augustine Adu Adjei
votes = 51
percentage = 0.3
change = — Election box majority
votes = 905
percentage = 4.8
change = +1.4 Election box turnout
votes = 18,954
percentage = 88.3
change = Election box end

Due to the death of Philip Kofi Adjapong Amoah, [cite news |url=http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=12357 |title=NPP Parliamentary Candidate Dies |accessdate=2007-07-31 |work=General News of Sunday, 3 December 2000 |publisher=Ghana Home Page] (NPP) candidate standing for parliament, the elections in this constituency were postponed to 3 January, 2001. Cecilia Djan Amoah, the (NPP) replacement candidate and also the widow of the deceased, won the seat with a majority of 550. [cite news |url=http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=12922 |title=By-election Gives NPP 100th Parliamentary Seat |accessdate=2007-07-31 |work=General News of Thursday, 4 January 2001 |publisher=Ghana Home Page] [cite web |url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/g/ghana/ghana4.txt |title=Republic of Ghana Legislative election of 7 December 2000 |accessdate=2007-07-27 |publisher=]

Election box candidate
party = New Patriotic Party
candidate = Cecilia Djan Amoah
votes = 8,220
percentage = 51.7
change = — Election box candidate
party = National Democratic Congress
candidate = Collins Dauda
votes = 7,670
percentage = 48.3
change = — Election box majority
votes = 550
percentage = 3.4
change = — Election box end

ee also

*List of Ghana Parliament constituencies

References