George William Amponsah

George William Amponsah is a Ghanaian politician and was the member of parliament for the Asunafo South constituency in the Brong Ahafo region of Ghana. He was a member of parliament in the 3rd parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana.

Hon.

George William Amponsah
Member of Parliament for Asunafo South Constituency
In office
7 January 2001  6 January 2005
PresidentJohn Kufuor
Personal details
NationalityGhanaian 
Political partyNew Patriotic Party
ProfessionPolitician

Politics

Amponsah is a member of the New Patriotic Party. He was elected as the member of parliament for the Asunafo South constituency in the Brong Ahafo region in the 3rd parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana. He was succeeded by Eric Opoku of the National Democratic Congress in the 2004 Ghanaian General elections.[1]

Elections

Amponsah was elected as the member of parliament for the Asunafo South constituency in the 2000 Ghanaian general elections.[2] He was elected on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party.[2] His constituency was a part of the 14 parliamentary seats out of 21 seats won by the New Patriotic Party in that election for the Brong Ahafo Region.[3][4][5] The New Patriotic Party won a majority total of 100 parliamentary seats out of 200 seats in the 3rd parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana.[3] He was elected with 10,792 votes out of 21,524 total valid votes cast. This was equivalent to 50.9% of the total valid votes cast.[6] He was elected over Francis Adu Poku of the National Democratic Congress, Yaw Ohene Manu of the Convention People's Party and Twumasi Ankra Kwasi of the National Reform Party.[6][7] These obtained 8,816, 1,300 and 296votes respectively out of the total valid votes cast. These were equivalent to 41.6%, 6.1% and 1.4% respectively of total valid votes cast.[6][7]

References

  1. FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 2004 Results - Wenchi Constituency". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2020-09-02.
  2. Electoral Commission of Ghana Parliamentary Result-Election 2000. Ghana: Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. 2007. p. 16.
  3. "Statistics of Presidential and Parliamentary Election Results". Fact Check Ghana. 2016-08-10. Retrieved 2020-09-01.
  4. http://archive.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/2123. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 2000 Results - Brong Ahafo Region". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2020-09-01.
  6. Electoral Commission of Ghana -Parliamentary Result-Election 2000. Ghana: Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. 2007. p. 16.
  7. FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 2000 Results - Wenchi East Constituency". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2020-09-01.
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