List of MPs elected in the 1979 Ghanaian parliamentary election

The election of Members of Parliament (MPs) to the Parliament of the Third Republic was held on 18 June 1979.[1]

Colonial Era
1951 Assembly (1951)
1954 Assembly (1954)
1956 Assembly (1956)
First Republic
1957 Parliament (1956)
1965 Parliament (1965)
Second Republic
1969 Parliament (1969)
Third Republic
1979 Parliament (1979)
Fourth Republic
1992-1996-2000
2004-2008-2012
2016-2020

Current composition
Affiliation Members
People's National Party 71
Popular Front Party 42
United National Convention 13
Action Congress Party 10
Social Democratic Front 3
Independent 1
 Total 140
 Government Majority 2

List of MPs elected in the general election

The following table is a list of MPs elected on 18 June 1979, ordered by region and constituency. The previous MP and previous party column shows the MP and party holding the seat prior to the election.

Table of contents:

Ashanti Region • Brong Ahafo Region • Central Region • Eastern Region • Greater Accra Region
Northern Region • Upper Region • Volta Region • Western Region
Postponed polls • Changes • By-elections • Notes and References • See also • External links and sources

Ashanti Region - 22 seats

Constituency Elected MP Elected Party Majority
AdansiSamuel Asante-FosuhenePFP
AsukwaOsei Asibey[2]PNP
ObuasiF. K. MensahPNP
Atwima NwabagyaJohn Kufuor[3]PFP
Asante-Akim NorthNana Akuoko Sarpong[4]PFP
Afigwa KwabreKwadwo Ofori-KuraguPFP
Agona KwabreIsaac Kwasi BoakyePFP
Ahafo AnoJohn AsantePFP
Amansie CentralK. P. AgyekumPFP
Amansie EastKwame Adum-AttaPFP
Amansie WestJoseph Kofi ObengPFP
Atwima AmansieYaw Joseph OwusuPFP
Atwima MponuaDaniel DonkorPFP
Asante-Akim SouthSampson Kwaku BoafoPFP
BantamaKwabena Adai MensahPFP
Juaben EjisuJohn Emmanuel AmoahPFP
ManhyiaCharles AmankwahPFP
Mampong NorthGen. A. A. Afrifa (deceased)UNC
Mampong SouthKwadwo Okyere MpianiPFP
OffinsoKwadwo Takyi-BerkoPFP
SekyereBasoa Reo AddaiPFP
SubinT. K. AboagyePFP

Brong Ahafo Region - 12 seats

ConstituencyElected MPElected PartyMajority
TechimanGyewu Baafour OsafoPFP
Kwame DansoJ. E. Adarkwa- YiadomPNP
AsunafoAlfred Badu-NkansahPFP
AsutifiThomas BroniPFP
AtebubuAbdul Rahman MohammedPNP
BerekumJ. H. Owusu-Acheampong[5]Independent
DormaaS. A. MansonPFP
JamanMartin AdanePFP
NkoranzaKwadwo Apeah-KubiPFP
SunyaniKwadwo Owusu-SekyereIndp.
TanoBadu KyetPFP
Wenchi WestJoseph K. AmankwahPFP

Central Region - 15 seats

ConstituencyElected MPElected PartyMajority
AgonaHaizel S. KwesiPNP
AssinEbeneezer A. AntiPNP
DenkyiraAgatha A. AwuahPNP
EfutuKow N. ArkaahPNP
EkumfiJames Kow Rockson[2]PNP
Gomoa AkyempimKankam da CostaPNP
SwedruEmmanuel K. B. MintahPNP
TwifuFrancis K. BuahPNP
AburaThomas K. AffulACP
AjumakoNana Y. ImpraimACP
Cape CoastK. Bassa Quansah[2]ACP
EsikumaMrs. Constance CommeyACP
KomendaFrancis Ekow EshunACP
MfantismanBenjamin A. YemoahACP
Gomoa AssinG. K. BenjahACP

Eastern Region - 21 seats

ConstituencyElected MPElected PartyMajority
AkropongKwasi AkotoPNP
AsamankeseAdjei AlexanderPNP
DensuagyaMrs. Elizabeth Kusi-AidooPNP
KoforiduaSamuel Kwasi AmofaPNP
KroboCharles Kwesi NarhPNP
ManyaRev. Gabriel Narh KumasaPNP
Mid-VoltaMichael Paul AnsahPNP
NsawamEdwin T. AboahPNP
OdaS. B. AttafuaPNP
SuhumAyisi E. A. KwabenaPNP
Yilo OsodokuEmmanuel Kwadwo ObuadeyPNP
AbetifiEmmanuel Kwadwo AduPFP
AframBenson Benjamin OforiPFP
BegoroJones Ofori-Atta[2]PFP
BirimAfrifa Yaw AhenkoraPFP
Birim AnafoS. K. A. Gyebi- OfosuPFP
NkwakwaKwaku BaahPFP
AbuakwaAlexander K. OtchereUNC
AkwatiaLionel Kofi AblordepeyUNC
AsiakwaAsante Kwesi YeboaUNC
KadeA. B. AnkomahUNC

Greater Accra Region - 10 seats

ConstituencyElected MPElected PartyMajority
KpeshiePeter Ala Adjetey[6]UNC
Osu ClotteyHarry Sawyerr[7]UNC
AdaEunice Ametor-WilliamsPNP
AyawasoAlhaji Mohammed FarlPNP
Dangbe ShaiE. V. T. Engmann[2]PNP
GaE. S. M. CommodorePNP
OkaikweiJ. Nee Amartey HydePNP
TemaSeth Laryea TettehPNP
Ashiedu KetekeS. A. Odoi SykesPFP
AblekumaAdotey Nelson-CofieUNC

Northern Region - 14 seats

ConstituencyElected MPElected PartyMajority
BunkpuruguJohn Laar NurokinaPNP
Gonja EastFrancis Kwame DonkorPNP
Gonja CentralSeidu ZakariaPNP
Gonja WestYakubu SaakaPNP
NaleriguMahama Edmond DramaniPNP
NamumbaAdam Marshal AduPNP
WalewaleJohn S. NabilaPNP
ChereponiSamuel U. DalafuPFP
GushieguAbdulai Al-HassanPFP
TolonRowland Issifu AlhassanPFP
YendiShani Alhaji MohammedPFP
Mion-NantonOliver Sigli MahamuduSDF
SaveluguP. W. Iddrisu ArdaniSDF
TamaleAlhaji Abubakar AlhassanSDF

Upper Region -16 seats

ConstituencyElected MPElected PartyMajority
BawkuFrank Abdulai Ayariga[8][9]PNP
Bawku WestMathias K. AtubigaPNP
BolgatangaAwulimbond Nicholas AdamboePNP
BongoAsoko AsampambilaPNP
Chiana PagaKubaje Andrea AmidilaPNP
Jirapa-LambussieDyyaka S. BawaPFP
LawraGandaa NaabomoPNP
NadawliJ. I. AsamanPNP
NavrongoNoble A. M. BayeridzoaPNP
SandemaPaul Oscar AnalaPNP
TalensiDavid ZanleriguPNP
Tampane-GaruDominic A. AkudagoPNP
TumuJohn Kofi BeninPNP
WaAbdul Moomin AlhajiPNP
Wa EastSakara Adam BadounPNP
ZebillaAgbango G. AkeyaPNP

Volta Region - 16 seats

ConstituencyElected MPElected PartyMajority
DzodzePeter Atsu DzilaPNP
AnloHugh C. TamakloeUNC
AkanKojo Obed Amoako-PrempehPNP
AvenorJoseph B. YegbeUNC
BiakoyeKwadzo AmoahPNP
BuemMonica P. AtenkahPNP
Dayi EastNelson Avega AgbesiPNP
Dayi WestConstance C. FitihPNP
Ho EastTogbe Zokah IIIPNP
Ho WestSamuel Yao DzebuPNP
KetaLeo P. TorsuUNC
KrachiJoseph Kofi KapiPNP
Krachi NkwantaKwame Benjamin NyamePNP
Some-AflaoBenjamin Kwabla KpeseseUNC
Tongu-NorthJonathan K. DowokporPNP
Tongu SouthGodfried K. Agama[2]UNC

Western Region - 13 seats

ConstituencyElected MPElected PartyMajority
AhantaJohn Bennett GrantPNP
AmenfiPaul K. DamoahPFP
AowinW. K. Asamoah-TannorPNP
BibianiA. O. F. TawiahPNP
JomoroJames V. Leuven MensahPNP
Nzema EastIsaac Chinebuah[2]PNP
Sefwi-WiawsoIsaac K. FuakyePNP
SekondiJoseph E. ArbuahACP
ShamaErnest Nii Tachie-OtooACP
TakoradiWilliam N. GramACP
Tarkwa-AbosoKwamena Ocran[2]PNP
Wassa-EastAnthony L. NtsiakoPNP
Wassa-WestRoland Atta-KessonPNP

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By-elections
  • Mampong North constituency - Akwasi Afrifa was executed on 26 June 1979, eight days after he was elected MP. In a by-election later, Ebenezer Augustus Kwasi Akuoko was elected to replace his vacant seat.

Notes and references
  1. "Elections in Ghana - 18 June 1979 National Assembly Election". African Elections Database. Retrieved 2010-07-02.
  2. "People's National Party Wins Parliamentary Elections". Ghana News. Washington: Embassy of Ghana. 8 (7): 3. July 1979. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  3. "Ghana: the real Kufuor; A new biography of President John Agyekum Kufuor--Between Faith and History--written by Ivor Agyeman-Duah, reveals the man behind the man at the helm in Accra. Osei Boateng has been reading it". TheFreeLibrary.com. 2004. Retrieved 2010-10-03.
  4. "Biography". nanaakuokosarpong.org. Archived from the original on 6 March 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
  5. "Kwaku Baah forms party". Ghana News. 10 (10): 2. October 1981. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  6. "Ex-Speaker of Parliament:Peter Ala Adjetey". Ghana Home Page. Retrieved 2010-07-02.
  7. "Harry Sawyerr Profile". Famous People. Ghana Home Page. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
  8. "Hassan Abdulai Ayariga". Election Results. Daily Graphic Online. Archived from the original on 9 September 2013. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
  9. "Hassan Ayariga's Bio". Ayariga Hassan. Archived from the original on 21 April 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
  10. "West Africa, Issues 3233-3258". Afrimedia International. 1979: 1910. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

See also
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