Daniel Tekpertey Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Hon.
Daniel Tekpertey
Office2:Member of Parliament for Yilo Krobo Constituency
Term Start2:7 January 1997
Term End2:6 January 2001
President2:Jerry John Rawlings
Office3:Member of Parliament for Yilo Krobo Constituency
Term Start3:7 January 2001
Term End3:6 January 2005
President3:John Kufuor
Nationality:Ghanaian
Party:National Democratic Congress
Profession:Politician

Daniel Tekpertey is a Ghanaian politician representing the National Democratic Congress as a member of the 3rd parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana for the Yilo Krobo in the Eastern Region of Ghana.[1]

Early life, education and politics

Tekpertey was born at Yilo Krobo in the Eastern Region of Ghana. He was on seat during the 1996 Ghanaian general election representing the Yilo Krobo Constituency. He held the seat till 2004 during which he lost the seat to Raymond Tawiah of National Democratic Congress.[2] [3]

Elections

Daniel won the Yilo Krobo Constituency seat in the 2000 Ghanaian General Elections. He polled a total of 13,960 votes which is equivalent to 49.10% of the total votes cast. The total votes cast was 28,456. Mr. Tekpertey won on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress (NDC). He contested with five other political parties. Christian Kofi Tettey of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) had a total votes count of 9,264 which is equivalent to 32.60%.

Jonas Tetteh Numo of the National Reform Party (NRP) has 12.00% which is comparable to 3,425 votes. The Convention People's Party (CPP) had 1,112 votes which is equivalent to 3.90% of the total votes. Two other political parties contested for this seat. The parties are the People's National Convention (PNC) and the United Ghana Movement (UGM).[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ghana MPs - List of 2013 - 2017 (6th Parliament) MPs. 2020-09-02. www.ghanamps.com.
  2. Web site: Ghana Election yilo-krobo Constituency Results. 2020-09-02. www.graphic.com.gh.
  3. Web site: Peace FM. Parliament - Eastern Region Election 1996 Results. 2020-09-02. Ghana Elections - Peace FM.
  4. Web site: Parliament: Brong Ahafo Region. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20161101004626/http://ghanaelections.peacefmonline.com:80/pages/2000/parliament/eastern/ . 1 November 2016 . 2020-09-03. Peace FM Online.