Joseph Darko-Mensah (22 February 1942 – 16 May 2011) was a

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politician and lawyer who served as a member of the third parliament of the Fourth Republic of

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. He represented the

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constituency in the

Greater Accra The Greater Accra Region has the smallest area of Ghana's 16 administrative regions, occupying a total land surface of 3,245 square kilometres. This is 1.4 per cent of the total land area of Ghana. It is the second most populated region, befor ...

Region under the ticket of the

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(NPP).

Political career

Member of Parliament

Darko-Mensah first assumed office as a parliamentarian in the years 1997 and 2001 after winning in the 1996 and 2000 parliamentary elections. He won a majority 33,067 votes in the

1996 Ghanaian general election General elections were held in Ghana on 7 December 1996. In the presidential election, incumbent Jerry Rawlings of the National Democratic Congress (Ghana), National Democratic Congress (NDC) was reelected in a single round, defeating John Kufuor ...

and 36,511 votes in the

2000 Ghanaian general election General elections were held in Ghana on 7 December 2000, with a second round of the presidential election on 28 December.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 ...

. He lost his seat to Madam Elizabeth K. Tawiah Sackey in the

2004 Ghanaian general election General elections were held in Ghana on 7 December 2004. The presidential elections resulted in a victory for incumbent John Kufuor of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), who defeated John Atta-Mills of the National Democratic Congress with 52 perce ...

1996 Parliamentary Elections

Darko-Mensah was elected as a member of parliament for the

Constituency in the

Greater Accra Region The Greater Accra Region has the smallest area of Ghana's 16 administrative regions, occupying a total land surface of 3,245 square kilometres. This is 1.4 per cent of the total land area of Ghana. It is the second most populated region, befor ...

of Ghana, making him a member of the second parliament of the fourth republic of

. he won with a total vote cast of 34,641 representing 35.20% against his opponents: Philip Kwame Agbeyome of the National Democratic Congress who polled 33,067 votes representing 33.50% of the total votes cast, Kwaku Oteng Anane of the

Convention People's Party The Convention People's Party (CPP) is a Socialism, 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 Conven ...

who also polled a total vote cast of 5,697 which represent 5.80%, Abdullah Nii Armah of the People's National Convention polling total vote cast of 3, 193 representing 3.20% and Mohammed Saleh Sinare of National Convention Party polled 474 which represent 0.50% of the total valid votes.

2000 Parliamentary Elections

He also won the Okaikwei parliamentary seat during the 2000

parliamentary election.. He won a total of 55.50% of the total votes cast. Darko-Mensah contested with other candidates from the National Democratic Congress (NDC) represented by Mrs. Mawuenyenga Sally Okauley, People's National Convention (PNC) represented by Alhajia Salamatu Ali-Lawal,

National Reform Party National Reform or National Reformation may refer to: *National Reform Association (1844), a nineteenth-century American movement to lobby Congress to pass land reforms *National Reform Association (1864), a nineteenth-century American movement to ...

(NRP) represented by Barikisu Shardow Shahad, and

(CPP) represented by Reindorf Nii Kwao Mettle. The total votes cast was 65,742. Mr. Darko-Mensah won by attaining 35,611 votes beating Mrs. Okailey by 12,045 votes. Mrs. Okailey won a total of 24,466 which is 37.20%. The PNC, NRP and CPP representatives won 2,268, 1,328, and 1,169 votes respectively.

Exit from politics

Joseph Darko-Mensah exited politics and resumed legal practice when he was expelled from the

prior to the 2004 general elections on claims of disloyalty.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Darko-Mensah, Joseph New Patriotic Party politicians Ghanaian MPs 2001–2005 Politicians from Greater Accra Region Ghanaian MPs 1997–2001 1942 births 2011 deaths