Mfantsiman West | |
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constituency for the Parliament of Ghana | |
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District | Mfantsiman Municipal District |
Region | Central Region of Ghana |
Current constituency | |
Party | National Democratic Congress (NDC). |
MP | Aquinas Quansah [1] |
Aquinas Quansah is the member of parliament for the constituency. He was elected on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and won a majority of 3,176 votes [2] to become the MP. He succeeded Stephen Asamoah Boateng who had represented the constituency in the 4th Republic parliament on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party (NPP).
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