James Edusei Sarkodie is a

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politician who served as a member of parliament for the Atwima Nwabiagya constituency from 1997 to 2005.Ghana Parliamentary Register

Early life and education

Edusei was born in Atwima in the Ashanti Region of Ghana.

Politics

Edusei was first elected into parliament on the ticket of the

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during the December 1996

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representing the Atwima Mponua constituency in the Ashanti Region of

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. He polled 31,088 votes out of the 42,146 representing 61.90%. During the 2000 General Election, he polled 38,959 votes out of the 48,153 valid votes cast representing 80.90%. He was defeated by Benito Owusu Bio in the 2004 parliamentary primaries.

Elections

In the year 2000, Sarkodie won the general elections as the member of parliament for the Atwima Mponua constituency of the

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. He won on the ticket of the

. His constituency was a part of the 31 parliamentary seats out of 33 seats won by the

in that election for the

. The

won a majority total of 100 parliamentary seats out of 200 seats. He was elected with 38,959 votes out of 48,947 total valid votes cast. This was equivalent to 80.9% of the total valid votes cast. He was elected over Baffour Osei Wusu of the National Democratic Congress, Alex Addo Kuffour of the People's National Convention, Yaw Boateng of the National Reformed Party and D.D. Boateng of the

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. These won 7,880, 683, 336 and 295 votes out of the total valid votes cast respectively. These were equivalent to 16.4%, 1.4%, 0.7% and 0.6% respectively of total valid votes cast.

Career

Edusei was a Parliamentarian from 2001 to 2005 for the Atwima Mponua Constituency.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sarkodie, James Edusei Living people Politicians from Ashanti Region New Patriotic Party politicians Ghanaian MPs 2001–2005 Ghanaian MPs 1997–2001 Year of birth missing (living people)