Kwesi Akomia Kyeremateng Explained

Term Start:7 January 1997
Term End:6 January 2009
Predecessor:Pius M. G. Griffiths
Successor:Hennric David Yeboah
Constituency Mp:Afigya Sekyere East
Parliament:Ghana
Kwesi Akomia Kyeremateng
Birth Place:Ashanti Region Ghana)
Nationality:Ghanaian
Party:New Patriotic Party
Occupation:Politician

Kwesi Akomia Kyeremateng was a member of the Ghanaian parliament who represented Afigya-Sekyere East in the Ashanti Region of Ghana from the 1996 general election to the 2008 general election.[1] [2] He is a member of the New Patriotic Party who represented the 2nd, 3rd and 4th Parliament.

Politics

Akomia was first elected into Parliament during the December 1996 Ghanaian General Elections on the Ticket of the New Patriotic Party representing the Afigya-Sekyere East Constituency in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. He polled 18,500 votes out of the 29,734 valid votes cast representing 46.30% against Pious Mercilus G. Griffiths an National Democratic Congress (NDC) member who polled 11,234 votes.[3] He was re-elected into Parliament in 2000 with 26,162 votes out of the 36,276 valid votes cast representing 71.70% against Edward O. Aboagye an NDC member who polled 8,935 representing 24.50%, Dorothy Gifty Antwi a Convention People's Party (CPP) member who polled 451 votes representing 1.20%, Ernest A. Boadu a NRP member who polled 421 votes representing 1.20%, Emmanuel A. Gyasi a UGM member who polled 307 votes representing 0.80% and Kwakwa Amoah a PNC member who polled 213 votes representing 0.60%[4]

Notes and References

  1. https://books.google.com/books?id=sPDvuEeI4BMC&dq=Kwesi+Akomia+Kyeremateng&pg=PA100 Ghana Study Guide listing of members of Parliament
  2. Web site: Parliament - Afigya Sekyere East Constituency Election 2020 Results. 2020-10-04. Ghana Elections - Peace FM.
  3. Web site: Parliament - Afigya Sekyere East Constituency Election 1996 Results. 2020-10-04. Ghana Elections - Peace FM.
  4. Web site: Parliament - Afigya Sekyere East Constituency Election 2000 Results. 2020-10-04. Ghana Elections - Peace FM.