Samuel Nii Ayi Mankattah was a

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politician and Member of Parliament for the

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constituency. He was first elected MP during the 2004 Presidential and Parliamentary election after the NDC Parliamentary candidate, Nii Lante Vanderpuije stepped down after a controversy about election registration. The constituency seat became vacant after his death in 2005.

Political career

Mankattah spent about six months in parliament from Jan to July, 2005. In 2004, he defeated the incumbent

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MP,

Reginald Nii Bi Ayibonte Reginald Niibi Ayi-Bonte is a Ghanaian politician and a former Member of Parliament of the Odododiodoo constituency. He was elected as MP during the 2000 Presidential and Parliamentary elections. Politics Ayi-Bonte spent four years in parliamen ...

Elections

In 2004, he contested for the

parliamentary seat once more. He won on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress. His constituency was a part of the 11 parliamentary seats out of 27 seats won by the National Democratic Congress in that election for the

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. The National Democratic Congress won a minority total of 94 parliamentary seats out of 230 seats. He was elected with 35, 634 votes out of 67,994 total valid votes cast. This was equivalent to 52.4% of total valid votes cast. He was elected over Reginald Nii Bi Ayi-Bonte of the

and Isaac Nii Annan M Offei 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 ...

. These obtained 31,546 and 814 votes respectively of total valid votes cast. These were equivalent to 46.4% and 1.2% respectively of total valid votes cast. His term in office came to an end shortly after he won the election when he died on 5 July 2005.

Personal life

Mankattah was a Christian.

Death

Mankattah died on 5 July 2005.

References

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