Samuel Kwame Amponsah

Hon. Samuel Kwame Amponsah
Member of Parliament for Mpohor-Wassa East Constituency
In office 7 January 2001 –6 January 2005
President	John Kufuor
Personal details
Nationality	Ghanaian
Political party	National Democratic Congress
Alma mater	Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Occupation	Soldier / Politician

Samuel Kwame Amponsah is a Ghanaian politician, farmer and a member of the 3rd parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana. ^[1] He is a former member of Parliament for the Mpohor-Wassa East constituency in the Western Region a member of the National Democratic Congress political party in Ghana. ^{[1] [2]}

Early life and education

Amponsah hails from the Western Region of Ghana. He studied Mathematics and had his PhD at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. ^{[3] [4]}

Career

Amponsah is a soldier by profession. ^[5]

Politics

Amponsah was a member of the 2nd and 3rd parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana. ^[1] He is a member of the National Democratic Congress and a representative of the Mpohor-Wassa East constituency of the Western Region of Ghana. ^[6] His political career began when he contested in the 2000 Ghanaian General elections and won on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress. ^{[7] [6]} During the 1996 Ghanaian General Elections, he polled 20,352 votes out of the 38,121 valid votes cast representing 40.70% over his opponents Mary Stella Ankomah, Paul King Arthur and Alex Bessah Dogbeh who polled 15,288 votes, 1,612 votes and 909 votes respectively. ^[8]

2000 Elections

Amponsah was elected as the member of parliament for the Mpohor-Wassa East constituency in the 2000 Ghanaian general elections. ^{[1] [7]} He won the elections on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress. ^[7] His constituency was a part of the 9 parliamentary seats out of 19 seats won by the National Democratic Congress in that election for the Western Region. ^{[9] [10] [6]} The National Democratic Congress won a minority total of 92 parliamentary seats out of 200 seats in the 3rd parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana. ^[9] He was elected with 11,674 votes out of 31,515 total valid votes cast. ^[1] This was equivalent to 33.4% of the total valid votes cast. ^{[7] [1]} He was elected over Patrick Somiah Ehomah an independent candidate, Peter Nwanwaan of the New Patriotic Party, Abraham Yankson of the Convention People's Party, Stephen Blay of the National Reformed Party, Richard Aduko Raqib of the People's National Convention and Patrick Tandoh Williams of the United Ghana Movement. ^{[7] [1]} These obtained 10,454, 6,869, 1,263 and 300 votes respectively out of the total valid votes cast. ^[1] These were equivalent to 34.2%, 22.5%, 4.1% and 1.0% respectively of total valid votes cast. ^{[7] [1]}

See also

• List of MPs elected in the 2000 Ghanaian parliamentary election

References

1. FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 2000 Results -Mpohor Wasa Constituency". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2020-09-02.
2. FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 2000 Results - Western Region". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2020-09-03.
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4. "Samuel Kwame Amponsah - Google Scholar". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2020-09-14.
5. Ghana Parliamentary Register 2004 to 2008. Ghana: The Office of Parliament of Ghana.
6. FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 2000 Results - Western Region". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2020-09-01.
7. Electoral Commission of Ghana -Parliamentary Result-Election 2000. Ghana: Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. 2007. p. 61.
8. FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 1996 Results - Wassa East Constituency". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2020-10-06.
9. "Statistics of Presidential and Parliamentary Election Results". Fact Check Ghana. 2016-08-10. Retrieved 2020-09-01.
10. "Ghana Parliamentary Chamber: Parliament Elections held in 1992". Archived from the original on 2020-03-19.