Bekwai | |
Map2: | Ghana-Ashanti |
District: | Bekwai Municipal District |
Region: | Ashanti Region |
Mp: | Joseph Osei-Owusu[1] |
Party: | Independent Candidate |
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)