Akwasi Dante Afriyie is a Ghanaian politician and a member of the 2nd Parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana. He served as a member of parliament for the Atwima Mponua Constituency in the
Ashanti Region
The Ashanti Region is located in southern part of Ghana and it is the third largest of 16 administrative regions, occupying a total land surface of or 10.2 percent of the total land area of Ghana. In terms of population, however, it is the mo ...
of Ghana.
Politics
Akwasi Dante Afriyie took seat firstly during the 1997
Ghanaian general election. In 2000, he won with a majority of 8,153 votes on the ticket of the
New Patriotic Party
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. He lost the seat during the 2004 Ghanaian general election to
Isaac Kwame Asiamah
Isaac Kwame Asiamah (born 24 December 1975) is a Ghanaian politician of the Republic of Ghana. He is the Member of Parliament of Atwima Mponua constituency. He has been the member of parliament for the constituency in the 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th and ...
of NPP.
Elections
In the year 2000, Afriyie won the general elections as the member of parliament for the
Atwima Mponua constituency of the
Ashanti Region
The Ashanti Region is located in southern part of Ghana and it is the third largest of 16 administrative regions, occupying a total land surface of or 10.2 percent of the total land area of Ghana. In terms of population, however, it is the mo ...
of
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 ...
.
He won on the ticket of the
New Patriotic Party
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, colorcode = #132f7a
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, founded = 28 July 1992
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, leader = Nana Akufo-Addo
, chairman = Stephen Ayensu Ntim
Stephen Ntim elected NPP National Chairman on fifth attempt http://www.gna.org.gh/1.2152672 ...
.
His constituency was a part of the 31 parliamentary seats out of 33 seats won by the
New Patriotic Party
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, colorcode = #132f7a
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, founded = 28 July 1992
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, leader = Nana Akufo-Addo
, chairman = Stephen Ayensu Ntim
Stephen Ntim elected NPP National Chairman on fifth attempt http://www.gna.org.gh/1.2152672 ...
in that election for the
Ashanti Region
The Ashanti Region is located in southern part of Ghana and it is the third largest of 16 administrative regions, occupying a total land surface of or 10.2 percent of the total land area of Ghana. In terms of population, however, it is the mo ...
. 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 ...
won a majority total of 100 parliamentary seats out of 200 seats.
He was elected with 20,245 votes out of 33,726 total valid votes cast.
This was equivalent to 61.1% of the total valid votes cast. He was elected over Kwaku A. Mensah of the
National Democratic Congress, Osei S. Bossman of the
Convention People's Party
The Convention People's Party (CPP) is a socialist political party in Ghana based on the ideas of the first President of Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah. The CPP was formed in June 1949 after Nkrumah broke away from the United Gold Coast Convention (UG ...
and Edwina C. Quist of the National Reformed Party.
These won 12,092, 453 and 319 votes out of the total valid votes cast respectively.
These were equivalent to 36.5%, 1.4% and 1% respectively of total valid votes cast.
References
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Ghanaian MPs 2001–2005
Living people
New Patriotic Party politicians
Ghanaian MPs 1997–2001
Politicians from Ashanti Region
Year of birth missing (living people)