Suame (Ghana parliament constituency)

Suame 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. Suame was formerly located in the Kumasi Metropolitan district but now it is a municipal assembly of the Ashanti Region of Ghana.

Suame
constituency
for the Parliament of Ghana
DistrictKumasi Metropolitan District
RegionAshanti Region of Ghana
Current constituency
Created2004
PartyNew Patriotic Party
MPOsei Kyei Mensah Bonsu

This seat was created prior to the Ghanaian parliamentary election in 2004 when the Old Tafo-Suame constituency was split into the Old Tafo and Suame constituencies respectively.

Boundaries

The seat is located within Kumasi metropolitan assembly and shares boundaries with tafo nhyiaso, afigya Kwabre South, bantama and

History

The constituency was first created in 2004 by the Electoral Commission of Ghana along with 29 other new ones, increasing the number of constituencies from 200 to 230.[1]

Members of Parliament
ElectionMemberParty
2004 Constituency created
2004 Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu New Patriotic Party

Elections
2004 Ghanaian parliamentary election:Suame
Source:Ghana Home Page
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Patriotic Party Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu 48,500 82.1 N/A
National Democratic Congress Paul Richard Yeboah 8,448 14.3 N/A
Convention People's Party Frederick Antwi 1,157 2.0 N/A
People's National Convention Young Sampson Agonno 934 1.6 N/A
Majority 40,052 67.8 N/A

See also

References
  1. "FAQ's". Parliament of Ghana. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-07-26.

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