Kumawu 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. Kumawu is located in the Sekyere Afram Plains District of the Ashanti Region of Ghana.
Boundaries The seat is located within the Sekyere Afram Plains District of the Ashanti Region of Ghana.
Members of Parliament
First electedMemberParty Created 1992 1992 Jargisu Ibrahim National Democratic Congress 1996 Reo Addai Basoah New Patriotic Party 2004 Yaw Baah New Patriotic Party 2012 Philip Basoah New Patriotic Party 2023 Ernest Yaw Anim New Patriotic Party
Elections
There was a by-election held in May 2023 by the Electoral Commission of Ghana. This was due to the sudden death of Philip Basoah, the sitting member, in March 2023. The New Patriotic Party (NPP) retained the seat. Both independent candidates in the election had the same name.
+2016 Ghanaian general election :Kumawu Source : PeacefmonlinePartyCandidateVotes%NPPPHILIP BASOAH21,79478.17NDCEMMANUEL WILLIAM AMOAKO5,89921.16CPPOPOKU KYEI CLIFFORD1880.67 +Ghanaian parliamentary election, 2012:Kumawu Source : PeacefmonlinePartyCandidateVotes%NPPPHILIP BASOAH18,85868.96NDCASIAMAH SAMUEL4,14215.15INDDOMINIC OTENG 3,99114.59PPPCOLLINS KUMI BOATENG3011.10PNCASANTE ISAAC530.19NDPYAW OPOKU MENSAH00.00PPPJOHN AGYEMAN BADU00.00 +2008 Ghanaian general election :Kumawu Source :PeacefmonlinePartyCandidateVotes%NPPYAW BAAH15,21756.38INDDOMINIC OTENG7,12026.38NDCOHENE KWASI AGYEMANG4,27815.85CPPKOFI ADU POKU1990.74DFPYAW OPOKU MENSAH1740.64 +Ghanaian parliamentary election, 2004: Kumawu Source :PeacefmonlinePartyCandidateVotes%NPPYAW BAAH19,22370.00NDCGEORGE AMANKWAA5,68020.70CPPKOFI ADU POKU1,8316.70INDPATRICK OSEI ABOAGYE5562.00GCPPYAW OPOKU MENSAHG1870.70 +Ghanaian parliamentary election, 2000: Kumawu Source :PeacefmonlinePartyCandidateVotes%NPPReo Addai Basoah13,55457.80NDCOpanin Kwame Adu6,05725.80INDKingsford O. Boateng3,12913.40NRPBannor B. Augustine2731.20CPPOkra Frempong1860.80PNCJames Yaw Owusu1380.60UGMOsei Bonsu Thompson1000.40 +Ghanaian parliamentary election, 1996 : Kumawu Source :PeacefmonlinePartyCandidateVotes%NPPReo Addai Basoah15,02549.60NDCJargisu Ibrahim9,35430.90PNCErnest Boakye Yiadom5321.80
See also List of Ghana Parliament constituencies List of political parties in Ghana
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