Gomoa East (Ghana parliament constituency)

Ghana constituency infobox
Name = Gomoa East
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Map2 = Ghana-Central
Year =
District = Gomoa District
Region = Central Region
MP = Richmond Sam Quarm
Party = New Patriotic Party (NPP)

Gomoa East 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. Gomoa East is located in the Gomoa district of the Central Region of Ghana.

Boundaries

The seat is located entirely within the Gomoa district of the Central Region of Ghana.

Members of Parliament

Elections

Election box candidate
party = New Patriotic Party
candidate = Richmond Sam Quarm
votes = 19,634
percentage = 51.9
change = -15.4 Election box candidate
party = National Democratic Congress
candidate = Theophilus Kofi Ampah
votes = 14,454
percentage = 38.2
change = +6.5 Election box candidate
party = Independent
candidate = Kofi Otu
votes = 1933
percentage = 5.1
change = — Election box candidate
party = Convention People's Party
candidate = Grace Ignophia Appiah
votes = 1102
percentage = 2.9
change = — Election box candidate
party = Democratic People's Party
candidate = Evans Kofi Otoo
votes = 250
percentage = 0.7
change = -0.3 Election box candidate
party = People's National Convention
candidate = Justice Ekow Asafua Ocran
votes = 235
percentage = 0.6
change = — Election box candidate
party = Independent
candidate = Michael L. K. Amoah
votes = 193
percentage = 0.5
change = — Election box majority
votes = 5180
percentage = 13.7
change = -19.4 Election box turnout
votes = 38,505
percentage = 82.1
change = — Election box end

Richmond Sam Quarm (NPP) won the by-election held on the 8 April 2003 following the death of Emmanuel Acheampong (NPP) in a road traffic accident on February 9 2003.cite news |url=http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=35114 |title=NPP wins Gomoa East by-election |accessdate=2007-05-16 |work=Politics of Wednesday, 9 April 2003 |publisher=Ghana Home Page]

Election box candidate
party = New Patriotic Party
candidate = Richmond Sam Quarm
votes = 11,380
percentage = 67.3
change = 19.7 Election box candidate
party = National Democratic Congress
candidate = Richard Annan
votes = 5,356
percentage = 31.7
change = -13.4 Election box candidate
party = Democratic People's Party
candidate = Evans Kofi Otoo
votes = 175
percentage = 1.0
change = — Election box majority
votes = 6,024
percentage = 35.6
change = 33.1 Election box end Election box candidate
party = New Patriotic Party
candidate = Emmanuel Acheampong
votes = 10,900
percentage = 47.6
change = — Election box candidate
party = National Democratic Congress
candidate = Richard Annan
votes = 10,332
percentage = 45.1
change = — Election box candidate
party = Convention People's Party
candidate = Michael L. K. Amoah
votes = 792
percentage = 3.5
change = — Election box candidate
party = National Reform Party
candidate = James Kwaw Buafi
votes = 496
percentage = 2.2
change = — Election box candidate
party = United Ghana Movement
candidate = Kwame Ebure
votes = 233
percentage = 1.0
change = — Election box candidate
party = People's National Convention
candidate = Sam Ken Mensah
votes = 165
percentage = 0.7
change = — Election box majority
votes = 568
percentage = 2.5
change = — Election box end

ee also

*List of Ghana Parliament constituencies

References