Bekwai (Ghana parliament constituency)

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Bekwai
constituency
for the Parliament of Ghana
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District Bekwai Municipal District
Region Ashanti Region of Ghana
Current constituency
Party Independent Candidate
MP Joseph Osei-Owusu [1]

Bekwai 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. Joseph Osei-Owusu is the member of parliament for the constituency. [2] He was elected as an Independent Candidate. He is a member of the New Patriotic Party but contested as an Independent candidate after losing in the election as a New Patriotic candidate. [3] He won a majority of 34,700 votes [4] to become the MP. He succeeded Ignatius Kofi Poku Edusei who had represented the constituency on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party (NPP)

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References

  1. "Ghana MPS - MP Details - Osei-Owusu, Joseph". Archived from the original on 2010-11-30.
  2. "Joseph Osei-Owusu, Biography". www.ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 2022-05-17.
  3. "Develop the courage to accept different views – Joseph Osei-Owusu to Bagbin - MyJoyOnline.com". www.myjoyonline.com. 2022-02-26. Retrieved 2022-05-17.
  4. MPs elected in the Ghanaian parliamentary election, 2008