Gomoa East (Ghana parliament constituency)

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Gomoa East
constituency
for the Parliament of Ghana
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District Gomoa District
Region Central Region of Ghana
Current constituency
Party New Patriotic Party (NPP)
MP Hon. Kojo Asemanyi

Gomoa East 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. Gomoa East is located in the Gomoa district of the Central Region of Ghana.

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Boundaries

The seat is located entirely within the Gomoa district of the Central Region of Ghana.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1992 Franis Kow Bortsie-Ansah National Democratic Congress
1996 Thomas Kweku Aubyn National Democratic Congress
2000 Emmanuel Acheampong New Patriotic Party
2003 Richard Sam Quarm New Patriotic Party
2008 Ekow Panyin Okyere Eduamoah National Democratic Congress
2016 Kojo Asemanyi New Patriotic Party
2020 Desmond De-Graft Paitoo National Democratic Congress

Elections

2008 Ghanaian parliamentary election: Gomoa East
Source:Electoral Commission of Ghana
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Democratic Congress Ekow Panyin Okyere Eduamoah18,90853.715.5
New Patriotic Party Richmond Sam Quarm13,30037.8-14.1
Convention People's Party Richmond K. Anwumanyi2,7387.84.9
Democratic Freedom Party Kofi Otu2660.8
Independent Ato Aidoo Nyanor2170.3-4.8
Majority7,26810.13.4
Turnout 35,90564.7-16.8
2004 Ghanaian parliamentary election: Gomoa East
Source:National Electoral Commission, Ghana
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New Patriotic Party Richmond Sam Quarm19,63451.9-15.4
National Democratic Congress Theophilus Kofi Ampah14,45438.2+6.5
Independent Kofi Otu19335.1
Convention People's Party Grace Ignophia Appiah11022.9
Democratic People's Party Evans Kofi Otoo2500.7-0.3
People's National Convention Justice Ekow Asafua Ocran2350.6
Independent Michael L. K. Amoah1930.5
Majority518013.7-19.4
Turnout 38,50582.1

Richmond Sam Quarm (NPP) won the by-election held on the 8 April 2003 following the death of Emmanuel Acheampong (NPP) in a road traffic accident on February 9, 2003. [1]

Gomoa East by-election, 2003
Source:Ghana Home Page
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New Patriotic Party Richmond Sam Quarm11,38067.319.7
National Democratic Congress Richard Annan5,35631.7-13.4
Democratic People's Party Evans Kofi Otoo1751.0
Majority6,02435.633.1
2000 Ghanaian parliamentary election: Gomoa East
Source:Adam Carr's Election Archives
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
New Patriotic Party Emmanuel Acheampong10,90047.612.9
National Democratic Congress Richard Annan10,33245.1-15.5
Convention People's Party Michael L. K. Amoah7923.5
National Reform Party James Kwaw Buafi4962.2
United Ghana Movement Kwame Ebure2331.0
People's National Convention Sam Ken Mensah1650.7-1.4
Majority5682.5-23.4
1996 Ghanaian parliamentary election: Cape Coast
Source:Electoral Commission of Ghana
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Democratic Congress Thomas Kweku Aubyn18,39060.6
New Patriotic Party Kofi Nyarko-Annan10,54734.7
People's Convention Party Abraham Kofi Sackey7832.6
People's National Convention Sam Ken Mensah6432.1
Majority7,84325.9
Turnout 30,92972.6
1992 Ghanaian parliamentary election: Gomoa East
Source:Electoral Commission of Ghana
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Democratic Congress Franis Kow Bortsie-Ansah
Majority
Turnout 12,09530.9

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References

  1. "NPP wins Gomoa East by-election". Politics of Wednesday, 9 April 2003. GhanaWeb. Retrieved 2007-05-16.