| Fomena | |
|---|---|
| constituency for the Parliament of Ghana | |
 | |
| District | Adansi North District |
| Region | Ashanti Region of Ghana |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2021 |
| Party | Independent |
| MP | Andrew Asiamah Amoako |
Fomena 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. Fomena is located in the Adansi North District of the Ashanti Region of Ghana.
The seat is located within the Adansi North district of the Ashanti Region of Ghana. This constituency has had five MPs since the beginning of the fourth republic.
| Election | Member | Party |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Nana Odame Kusi | National Democratic Congress |
| 1996 | Akwasi Afrifa | New Patriotic Party |
| 2007 | Nana Abu-Bonsra | New Patriotic Party |
| 2012 | Atta Boafo Daniel Kingsley | New Patriotic Party |
| 2016 | Andrew Amoako Asiamah | New Patriotic Party |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NPP | Andrew Amoako Asiamah | 14,823 | 72.7 | ||
| NDC | William Adjei-Mensah | 4,180 | 20.5 | ||
| PPP | Dawud Suleiman | 1,093 | 5.36 | ||
| CPP | Kwadwo Osei | 293 | 1.44 | ||
| Majority | 10,643 | 52.2 | |||
| Turnout | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NPP | Atta Boafo Daniel Kingsley | 13,812 | 67.76 | ||
| NDC | Jerry John Appiah | 6,382 | 31.31 | ||
| Convention People's Party | Mercy Baffour-Dwumah | 190 | 0.93 | ||
| Majority | 7,430 | 36.45 | |||
| Turnout | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NPP | Nana Abu-Bonsra | 11,787 | 70.8 | ||
| NDC | Samuel Pinkrah | 3,430 | 20.6 | ||
| Convention People's Party | James Kobina Seotah | 1,356 | 8.1 | ||
| Democratic People's Party | Augustine Kofi Tieku | 77 | 0.5 | ||
| Majority | 8,357 | 50.2 | |||
| Turnout | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NPP | Nana Abu Bonsra | 9,525 | 81.8 | +28.9 | |
| NDC | Grace Ampofo | 2,003 | 17.2 | -9.2 | |
| Democratic People's Party | Augustina Kyei | 110 | 0.9 | N/A | |
| Majority | 7,522 | 64.6 | +48.1 | ||
| Turnout | 11,785 | 69.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NPP | Akwasi Afrifa | 8,207 | 52.9 | -18.7 | |
| Independent | George Kofi Tieku | 4,096 | 26.4 | N/A | |
| NDC | John Toku | 2,009 | 12.9 | -8.4 | |
| Convention People's Party | Seota Kobina James | 1,146 | 7.4 | +4.7 | |
| Independent | Thomas Ampoma | 70 | 0.5 | N/A | |
| Majority | 4,111 | 16.5 | -33.8 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NPP | Akwasi Afrifa | 9,389 | 71.6 | ||
| NDC | William Kofi Donkor | 2,787 | 21.3 | ||
| Convention People's Party | Samuel K. A. Agyin | 361 | 2.7 | ||
| United Ghana Movement | Adansi Gyimah Ernest | 214 | 1.6 | ||
| People's National Convention | Eric Kofi Owusu | 186 | 1.4 | ||
| National Reform Party | Charles K Amponsaa | 167 | 1.3 | ||
| Majority | 6,602 | 50.3 | |||
| Turnout | 13,104 | 72.7 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NPP | Akwasi Afrifa | 8,262 | 50.9 | ||
| NDC | Joseph Kwasi Amoako | 4,835 | 29.8 | ||
| Majority | 1,660 | 21.1 | |||
| Turnout | |||||
Adansi is the name of an Akan ethnic group inhabiting the Ashanti Region of Ghana. The capital of the Adansi is at Fomena. An Adansihene is still designated. The Adansi has seven paramountcies: the capital, Fomena, New Edubiase, Ayaase, Akrokyere (Akrokerri), Akrofuom, Bodwesango and, Dompoase. The Adansi is devolved into three local government divisions - Adansi South which has a population of 129,325 and an area of 1,380 square kilometres has the capital at New Edubiase; Adansi North has a population of 235,680, and an area 828 square kilometres and has its capital at Fomena; and Obuasi Municipal which has a population of 175,043 and is the second-largest urban settlement in the Ashanti Region and the eight biggest urban settlement in Ghana. Adansi South was once the largest cocoa growing area in the Ashanti Region.
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