| Bantama | |
|---|---|
| constituency for the Parliament of Ghana | |
 | |
| District | Kumasi Metropolitan District |
| Region | Ashanti Region of Ghana |
| Current constituency | |
| Party | New Patriotic Party |
| MP | Francis Asenso-Boakye |
Bantama 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. Bantama is located in the Kumasi Metropolitan district of the Ashanti Region of Ghana.
The seat is located within the Kumasi Metropolitan District of the Ashanti Region of Ghana.
| First Elected | Member | Party | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | Horace Walter Kofi-Sackey | Progress Party | [1] |
| 1992 | Jibreel Ofori Owusu | National Democratic Congress | [2] |
| 1996 | Richard Winfred Anane | New Patriotic Party | [3] |
| 2004 | Cecilia Abena Dapaah | New Patriotic Party | [4] |
| 2012 | Henry Kwabena Kokofu | New Patriotic Party | [5] |
| 2016 | Daniel Okyem Aboagye | New Patriotic Party | [6] |
| 2020 | Francis Asenso-Boakye | New Patriotic Party |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Patriotic Party | Cecilia Abena Dapaah | 36,708 | 75.7 | — | |
| Independent | Nana Osei Akoto-Kuffour | 7,007 | 14.5 | — | |
| National Democratic Congress | Osei-Tutu Richard | 2,667 | 5.5 | — | |
| Reformed Patriotic Democrats | Eunice Owusu-Ansah | 1,641 | 3.4 | — | |
| Independent | Stephen Kwaku Saahene | 443 | 0.9 | — | |
| Majority | 29,701 | 61.2 | — | ||
| Turnout | |||||
Kumasi is a city in the Ashanti Region, and is among the largest metropolitan areas in Ghana. Kumasi is located in a rain forest region near Lake Bosomtwe, and is the commercial, industrial, and cultural capital of the historical Ashanti Empire. Kumasi is approximately 500 kilometres (300 mi) north of the Equator and 200 kilometres (100 mi) north of the Gulf of Guinea. Kumasi is alternatively known as "The Garden City" because of its many species of flowers and plants in the past. It is also called Oseikrom, after Osei Kofi Tutu I who was a king in the Ashanti empire.
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