Agnes Naa Momo Lartey is a

Ghana Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and To ...

ian politician. She contested in the

2020 Ghanaian General Election General elections were held in Ghana on 7 December 2020. Incumbent President Nana Akufo-Addo of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) was re-elected in the first round after securing a majority of the votes. Former President John Dramani Mahama says he ...

and won the parliamentary seat for the Krowor Constituency.

Early life and education

She was born on 16 April 1976 and she comes from Greater Accra and a home town is

Krowor Krowor 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. Krowor is located in the Ledzokuku-Krowor Municipal District of the Greater Accra ...

and she is a Christian.

Politics

Naa Momo began her political career in 2000. Since then, she has served as an assembly woman and a presiding member of the Krowor Municipal Assembly. In December 2016, she contested in the 2016 Ghanaian General Election under the ticket of the National Democratic Congress and lost to

Elizabeth Afoley Quaye Elizabeth Afoley Quaye (born 1970), is currently the Member of Parliament for Krowor constituency in Greater Accra region Ghana. She is also the Minister for Fisheries and Aquaculture. Education Elizabeth holds a Bachelor of Science degree in ...

of the

New Patriotic Party , logo = , colorcode = #132f7a , founder = , founded = 28 July 1992 , dissolved = , leader = Nana Akufo-Addo , chairman = Stephen Ayensu Ntim Stephen Ntim elected NPP National Chairman on fifth attempt http://www.gna.org.gh/1.2152672 ...

. She contested again in the

under the ticket of the National Democratic Congress and won. She polled 41,850 votes which represents 55.80% of the total votes cast. She was elected over incumbent, Elizabeth Afoley Quaye of the

and Hannah Bortey of the

Ghana Union Movement The Ghana Union Movement is a political party in Ghana. It was founded by Christian Kwabena Andrews who is also the founder of the Life Assembly Worship Center in Accra. During the launch of the party, he declared that he is "new Kwame Nkrumah" ...

. These two parties obtained 32,604 and 545 votes respectively out of the total valid votes cast. Representing 43.47% and 0.73% respectively of total valid votes cast.

References

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