List of MPs elected in the 2016 Ghanaian parliamentary election explained

The election of Members of Parliament (MPs) to the 7th Parliament of the Fourth Republic was held on 7 December 2016.^[1] The Speaker is not an elected member of parliament though he/she is qualified to stand for election as such. There are a total of 275 constituencies in Ghana. 45 new constituencies were created prior to the 2012 election. The 7th Parliament had its first sitting on Sunday 7 January 2017 shortly after midnight^[2] to elect a Speaker and Deputy Speakers as well as for the administration of oaths to the Speaker and Members of Parliament.

Current composition

Results from 275 constituencies are shown in the table below.^[3]

Affiliation	Members
New Patriotic Party (NPP)	169
National Democratic Congress (NDC)	106
Total	275
Government Majority	63

List of MPs elected in the general election

Table of contents:Ahafo Region • Ashanti Region • Bono Region • Bono East region • Central Region • Eastern Region • Greater Accra Region • Northern Region North East Region • Oti Region • Savannah Region • Upper East Region • Upper West Region • Volta Region • Western Region • Western North Region Changes • By-elections • Notes and References • See also • External links and sources

Ahafo Region - 6 seats
Constituency	Elected MP	Elected Party	Majority	Previous MP	Previous Party
		NPP	7,681	Robert Sarfo-Mensah	NPP
	Eric Opoku	NDC	2,527	Eric Opoku	NDC
	Benhazin Joseph Dahah	NPP	2,985	Benhazin Joseph Dahah	NPP
		NDC	3,829		NDC
		NPP	6,014		NPP
	Benjamin Yeboah Sekyere	NPP	3,803	Hanna Louisa Bisiw	NDC
Ashanti Region - 47 seats
width=200	Constituency	width=200	Elected MP	width=100	Elected Party	width=100	Majority	width=200	Previous MP	width=200	Previous Party
		NPP	6,845	Kwabena Appiah-Pinkrah	NPP
		NPP	4,079	Kobina Tahir Hammond	NPP
		NPP	11,289	Nana Amaniampong Marfo	NPP
	William Owuraku Aidoo	NPP	39,967	William Owuraku Aidoo	NPP
	Mavis Nkansah Boadu	NPP	31,553	Hennric David Yeboah	NPP
	Suleman Adamu Sanid	NPP	4,416	Adusei Kwasi	NDC
		NPP	2,558	Francis Manu-Adabor	NPP
	Johnson Kweku Adu	NPP	4,775	Johnson Kweku Adu	NPP
	Kwame Anyimadu - Antwi	NPP	19,534	Kwame Anyimadu - Antwi	NPP
	Andy Kwame Appiah-Kubi	NPP	12,590	Kwadwo Baah Agyemang	NPP
	Kwaku Asante - Boateng	NPP	16,393	Kwaku Asante - Boateng	NPP
	Muntaka Mohammed Mubarak (Minority Chief Whip)	NDC	5,605		NDC
		NPP	45,752	Patricia Appiagyei	NPP
		NPP	28,605	Kojo Appiah-Kubi	NPP
		NPP	11,273	Isaac Kwame Asiamah	NPP
	Benito Owusu Bio	NPP	26,969	Benito Owusu Bio	NPP
	Emmanuel Adjei Anhwere	NPP	38,484	Anthony Osei Boakye	NPP
	Daniel Okyem Aboagye	NPP	44,373		NPP
	Joseph Osei-Owusu^[4] (First Deputy Speaker)	NPP	42,191	Joseph Osei-Owusu	NPP
	Joyce Adwoa Akoh Dei	NPP	10,842		NPP
	Yaw Osei Adutwum	NPP	39,023	Simon Osei Mensah	NPP
	Nana Ayew Afriyie	NPP	21,601		NPP
	Kwabena Owusu Aduomi	NPP	45,023		NPP
	Muhammad Bawah Braimah	NDC	1,482	Mohammed Salisu Bamba	NPP
	Andrew Amoako Asiamah	NPP	10,643		NPP
	Ama Pomaa Boateng	NPP	17,585		NPP
	Philip Basoah	NPP	15,895		NPP
	Francisca Oteng Mensah	NPP	58,084		NPP
		NPP	55,368		NPP
	Kwaku Ampratwum-Sarpong	NPP	26,138		NPP
	Collins Owusu Amankwah	NPP	25,344		NPP
	Mathew Opoku Prempeh	NPP	30,915	Mathew Opoku Prempeh	NPP
Manso Edubia	Frimpong Yaw Addo	NPP	16,962	Frimpong Yaw Addo	NPP
	Joseph Albert Quarm	NPP	26,637		NPP
	George Oduro	NPP	4,427		NDC
	Kennedy Kwasi Kankam	NPP	38,137	Richard Winfred Anane	NPP
	Kwame Asafu-Adjei	NPP	6,410	Kwame Asafu-Adjei	NPP
	Patrick Boakye-Yiadom	NPP	17,111		NPP
	Kwaku Agyemang Kwarteng	NPP	20,462	Agyeman Kwaku Kwarteng	NPP
	Emmanuel Akwasi Gyamfi	NPP	19,157		NPP
	Augustine Collins Ntim	NPP	2,294		NPP
	Ben Abdallah Banda	NPP	18,554		NPP
	Emmanuel Marfo	NPP	41,048	Elizabeth Agyeman	NPP
	Anthony Akoto Osei	NPP	32,362	Anthony Akoto Osei	NPP
	Alex Adomako-Mensah	NDC	2,095		NDC
	Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu (Majority Leader)	NPP	54,443	Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu (Minority leader)	NPP
	Eugene Boakye Antwi	NPP	35,815		NPP
Bono Region - 12 seats
Constituency	Elected MP	Elected Party	Majority	Previous MP	Previous Party
	Ahmed Ibrahim (First Deputy Minority Whip)	NDC	507	Ahmed Ibrahim	NDC
	Kwabena Twum-Nuamah	NPP	7,209	Kwabena Twum-Nuamah	NPP
	Kwaku Agyenim-Boateng	NPP	2,429	Kwaku Agyenim-Boateng	NPP
	Kwaku Agyeman-Manu	NPP	2,905	Kwaku Agyeman-Manu	NPP
	William Kwasi Sabi	NPP	6,147	William Kwasi Sabi	NPP
		NPP	291	Vincent Oppong Asamoah	NDC
	Siaka Stevens	NPP	1,499	Siaka Stevens	NPP
	Yaw Afful	NPP	11,839	Yaw Afful	NPP
	Kwasi Ameyaw-Cheremeh (Majority Chief Whip)	NPP	23,460	Kwasi Ameyaw Cheremeh	NPP
	Ignatius Baffour Awuah	NPP	11,526	Ignatius Baffour Awuah	NPP
	Gabriel Osei	NPP	41	Kwasi Agyemang Gyan-Tutu	NDC
	George Yaw Gyan-Baffour	NPP	4,017	George Yaw Gyan-Baffuor	NPP
Bono East Region - 11 seats
Constituency	Elected MP	Elected Party	Majority	Previous MP	Previous Party
	Kofi Amoakohene	NPP	1,140	Sanja Nanja	NDC
	Kwasi Etu-Bonde	NDC	4,797	Stephen Kunsu	NDC
	Felicia Adjei	NDC	1,056	Yaw Effah-Baafi	NDC
	Derrick Oduro	NPP	2,253	Derrick Oduro	NPP
	Charles Konadu-Yiadom	NPP	985	Emmanuel Kwadwo Agyekum	NDC
	Kwabena Donkor	NDC	4,763	Kwabena Donkor	NDC
	Masawud Mohammed	NDC	42	Masawud Mohammed	NDC
	Dominic Napare	NDC	5,242	Dominic Napare	NDC
	Kwame Twumasi Ampofo	NDC	1,482	Kwame Twumasi Ampofo	NDC
	Martin Oti Gyarko	NPP	2,940	Alex Kyeremeh	NDC
	Henry Yeboah Yiadom-Boachie	NPP	1,573	Adjei Mensah	NDC
Central Region - 23 seats
Constituency	Elected MP	Elected Party	Majority	Previous MP	Previous Party
	Elvis Morris Donkoh	NPP	1,737	Anthony Christian Dadzie	NDC
	Queenstar Pokua Sawyerr	NDC	1,276	Queenstar Pokua Sawyerr	NDC
		NPP	9,347	Charles Obeng-Inkoom	NDC
	Cassiel Ato Baah Forson	NDC	3,698	Cassiel Ato Baah Forson	NDC
	Anthony Effah	NPP	430	Georgina Nkrumah Aboah	NDC
		NPP	7,361	Ken Ohene Agyapong	NPP
	Abena Durowaa Mensah	NPP	4,802	Ambre Samuel	NDC
	John Ntim Fordjuor	NPP	7,625		NPP
	Mavis Hawa Koomson	NPP	10,283	Mavis Hawa Koomson	NPP
	George Nenyi Kojo Andah	NPP	3,203		NDC
	Barbara Asher Ayisi	NPP	3,166	Ebo Barton - Odro (former MP for Cape Coast) First Deputy Speaker^[5]	NDC
	Kweku George Ricketts-Hagan	NDC	738	Kweku George Ricketts-Hagan	NDC
		NPP	10,336		NPP
	Francis Kingsley Ato Codjoe	NPP	608		NDC
	Naana Eyiah Quansah	NPP	1,320	Rachel Florence Appoh	NDC
	Kojo Asemanyi	NPP	2,644	Ekow Panyin Okyere Eduamoah	NDC
	Alexandar Kodwo Kom Abban	NPP	1,737	Francis Kojo Arthur	NDC
	Bright Wireko Brobbey	NPP	4,705	Foster Joseph Andoh	NDC
	Samuel Atta Mills	NDC	3,097	Stephen Nana Ato Arthur	NPP
	Ekow Hayford	NPP	726	Aquinas Tawia Quansah	NDC
	Abraham Dwuma Oddom	NPP	6,344	Samuel Ato Amoah	NDC
	Nana Amoakoh	NPP	5,915	Nana Amoakoh	NPP
	Samuel Nsowah-Djan	NPP	6,226	Benjamin Kofi Ayeh	NPP
Eastern Region - 33 seats
Constituency	Elected MP	Elected Party	Majority	Previous MP	Previous Party
	Bryan Achemapong	NPP	15,457	Peter Wiafe Pepera	NPP
	Frimpong John Osei	NPP	6,991	Esther Obeng Dapaah	NPP
	Gifty Twum Ampofo	NPP	6,084	Gifty Twum Ampofo	NPP
	Samuel Atta Akyea	NPP	20,752	Samuel Atta Akyea	NPP
	Robert Kwasi Amoah	NPP	8,320	Robert Kwasi Amoah	NPP
	Betty Crosby Mensah	NDC	13,326	Emmanuel Aboakye Didieye	NDC
	Eric Owusu Osei	NDC	2,103	Joseph Appiah Boateng	NDC
	William Agyapong Quaittoo	NPP	14,239	William Agyapong Quaittoo	NPP
	Kennedy Osei Nyarko	NPP	7,402	Kennedy Osei Nyarko	NPP
	Nana Ama Dokua Asiamah Adjei	NPP	19,706	William Ofori Boafo	NPP
	Osei Bonsu Amoah	NPP	5,632	Osei Bonsu Amoah	NPP
	Mercy Adu-Gyamfi	NPP	5,528	Baba Jamal Mohammed Ahmed	NDC
	George Kwame Aboagye	NPP	11,392	Yaw Owusu-Boateng	NPP
	Thomas Nyarko Ampem	NDC	1,825	Kofi Osei-Ameyaw	NPP
		NPP	12,437		NPP
		NPP	12,461	Kwesi Amoako Atta	NPP
	Samuel Ayeh-Paye	NPP	3,716	Samuel Ayeh-Paye	NPP
	Kwabena Amankwa Asiamah	NPP	1,908	Kwabena Amankwa Asiamah	NPP
	Kofi Okyere-Agyekum	NPP	5,548	Kofi Okyere-Agyekum	NPP
	Kwabena Ohemeng-Tinyase	NPP	19,354	Ofosu Asamoah	NPP
	Ebenezer Okletey Terlabi	NDC	327		NDC
	Eyiah Kyei Baffour	NPP	9,045	Gifty Klenam	NPP
	Seth Kwame Acheampong	NPP	12,986	Seth Kwame Acheampong	NPP
	Kwasi Boateng Adjei	NPP	11,643		NPP
	Mark Assibey-Yeboah	NPP	20,528	Mark Assibey-Yeboah	NPP
	Eric Kwakye Darfour	NPP	25,088	Eric Kwakye Darfour	NPP
	Frank Annoh-Dompreh	NPP	8,271	Frank Annoh-Dompreh	NPP
	Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah	NPP	9,601	David Oppong Kusi	NPP
	Daniel Botwe	NPP	9,825	Daniel Botwe	NPP
	Frederick Opare-Ansah	NPP	9,825	Frederick Opare-Ansah	NPP
	Joseph Tetteh	NPP	3,376	Jeff Kavianu	NDC
	Ohene Assifo Derek Bekoe	NPP	430		NDC
	Magnus Kofi Amoatey	NDC	7,529	Magnus Kofi Amoatey	NDC
Greater Accra Region - 34 seats
Constituency	Elected MP	Elected Party	Majority	Previous MP	Previous Party
	Ebenezer Gilbert Nii Narh Nartey	NPP	6,198		NDC
Ablekuma North	Nana Akua Owusu Afriyie	NPP	27,885		NPP
	Alfred Okoe Vanderpuije	NDC	5,432		NDC
	Ursula G Owusu	NPP	13,400	Ursula G Owusu	NPP
Ada	Comfort Doyoe Cudjoe-Ghansah (Second Deputy Minority Whip)	NDC	15,792		NDC
	Asamoa Yaw Buaben	NPP	1,364	Emmanuel Nii Ashie Moore	NDC
	Emmanuel Nii Okai Laryea	NDC	268	Emmanuel Nii Okai Laryea	NDC
	Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey	NPP	30,861	Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey	NPP
	Ernest Henry Norgbey	NDC	16,703	Alfred Kwame Agbesi	NDC
	Henry Quartey	NPP	6,546	Henry Quartey	NPP
Ayawaso East		NDC	9,808		NDC
		NDC	7,500	Mustapha Ahmed (Formerly MP for Ayawaso East)	NDC
	Emmanuel Kyeremanteng Agyarko^[6]	NPP	10,057	Emmanuel Kyeremateng Agyarko	NPP
Bortianor-Ngleshie-Amanfro	Habiab Saad	NPP	6,629		NDC
	Vincent Sowah-Odote	NPP	1,622	Nii Amasah Namoale	NDC
Dome Kwabenya	Sarah Adwoa Safo (Deputy Majority Leader)	NPP	34,096		NPP
Domeabra-Obom	Sophia Karen Edem Ackuaku	NDC	10,591	Daoud Anum Yemoh	NPP
	Zenator Agyeman Rawlings	NDC	4,487	Nii Armah Ashietey	NDC
	Joseph Nii Laryea Afotey Agbo	NDC	3,540	Joseph Nii Laryea Afotey Agbo	NDC
		NPP	2,106		NDC
Ledzokuku	Benard Oko-Boye	NPP	2,167	Benita Sena Okity-Duah	NDC
		NPP	8,633		NDC
Ningo-Prampram	Samuel George Nartey	NDC	10,272		NDC
	Edwin Nii Lantey Vanderpuye	NDC	9,935	Edwin Nii Lantey Vanderpuye	NDC
Okaikwei Central	Patrick Yaw Boamah	NPP	10,875	Patrick Yaw Boamah	NPP
Okaikwei North	Issah Fuseini	NPP	4,466		NPP
Okaikwei South	Ahmed Arthur	NPP	11,896	Ahmed Arthur	NPP
	Christian Corleytey Otuteye	NDC	1,927	Christian Corleytey Otuteye	NDC
	Linda Obenwaa Akweley Ocloo	NDC	13,596	David Tetteh Assumeng	NDC
Tema Central	Kofi Brako	NPP	15,397	Kofi Brako	NPP
Tema East	Daniel Nii Kwartey Titus-Glover	NPP	4,025	Daniel Nii Kwartey Titus-Glover	NPP
	Carlos Kingsley Ahenkora	NPP	14,837	Irene Naa Torshie Addo	NPP
	Moses Anim (Second Deputy Majority Whip)	NPP	22,600	Moses Anim	NPP
Weija Gbawe	Tina Gifty Naa Ayeley Mensah	NPP	9,129	Rosemund Comfort Abrah	NPP
Northern Region - 18 seats
Constituency	Elected MP	Elected Party	Majority	Previous MP	Previous Party
		NPP	11,909	Dominc Aduna Bingab Nitiwul (Deputy Minority leader)	NPP
	Ziblim Iddi	NPP	4,050		NDC
	Alhassan Sualihu Dandaawa	NDC	5,393	Alhassan Sualihu Dandaawa	NDC
	Matthew Nyindam (First Deputy Majority Whip)	NPP	743	Matthew Nyindam	NPP
	Ras Mubarak	NDC	10,372	Amadu Moses Yahaya	CPP
		NDC	5,827		NDC
		NPP	895		NDC
		NPP	4,607		NDC
		NDC	19,010		NDC
		NPP	744	Mary Salifu Boforo	NDC
		NDC	13,301		NDC
Tamale North	Suhuyini Alhassan Sayibu	NDC	15,951		Independent
	Haruna Iddrisu (Minority Leader)	NDC	33,303		NDC
		NDC	2,344		NPP
		NPP	1,057		NPP
	Thomas Donkor Ogajah	NPP	3,889		NDC
		NPP	3,194		NPP
Zabzugu (Formerly Zabzugu-Tatale)		NDC	157		NPP
North East Region - 6 seats
Constituency	Elected MP	Elected Party	Majority	Previous MP	Previous Party
	Solomon Namliit Boar	NPP	284	Solomon Namliit Boar	NPP
	Samuel Abdulai Jabanyite	NDC	1,530	Azumah Namoro Sanda	NPP
	Alima Hajia Mahama	NPP	4,351		NDC
Walewale	Sagre Bambangi	NPP	2,580	Sagre Bambangi	NPP
Yagaba-Kubori (Walewale West)	Abdul-Rauf Tanko Ibrahim	NDC	2,696		NPP
	Naabu Joseph Bipoba	NDC	372	Naabu Joseph Bipoba	NDC
Oti Region - 8 seats
Constituency	Elected MP	Elected Party	Majority	Previous MP	Previous Party
		NDC	4,211		Independent
		NDC	11,436	Emmanuel Kwasi Bandua	NDC
		NDC	8,903		NDC
Krachi East		NPP	47	Wisdom Gidisu	NDC
	John Majisi	NDC	977	John Majisi	NDC
	Helen Adjoa Ntoso	NDC	4,628	Helen Adjoa Ntoso	NDC
Nkwanta North	John Oti Kwabena Bless	NDC	8,035	John Oti Kwabena Bless	NDC
		NDC	12,788	Gershon Kofi Bediako Gbediame	NDC
Savannah Region - 7 seats
Constituency	Elected MP	Elected Party	Majority	Previous MP	Previous Party
	Yusif Sulemana	NDC	11,615	Joseph Akati Saaka (Former MP for Bole)	NDC
	Shaibu Mahama Kalba	NDC	619		NPP
	Adam Mutawakilu	NDC	2,124	Adam Mutawakilu	NDC
	Alhassan Mumuni	NDC	3,326	Alhassan Mumuni	NDC
	Salifu Adam Braimah	NPP	47		NDC
	Andrew Dari Chiwetey	NDC	8,908		NDC
	John Abdulai Jinapor	NDC	3,794	Amadu Seidu	NDC
Upper East Region - 15 seats
Constituency	Elected MP	Elected Party	Majority	Previous MP	Previous Party
Bawku Central		NDC	1,507		NDC
		NDC	5,614	Noah Ben Azure	NDC
	Isaac Adongo	NDC	9,432		NDC
		NDC	6,268		NDC
		NDC	5,510		NDC
	James Agalga	NDC	5,234	James Agalga	NDC
	Clement Apaak	NDC	3,204		PNC
		NDC	3,908		NDC
		NDC	1,953		NDC
		NDC	2,845		NPP
		NPP	3,464		NDC
Pusiga		NDC	5,528		NDC
		NDC	3,674		NDC
	Joseph Dindiock Kpemka	NPP	2,666		NDC
		NPP	240	Cletus Apul Avoka
Upper West Region - 11 seats
Constituency	Elected MP	Elected Party	Majority	Previous MP	Previous Party
Daffiama-Bussie-Issa		NDC	3,793	Puozaa Mathias Asuma (Former MP Nadowli East)	NDC
		NDC	13,319		Independent
		NDC	2,821		NDC
		NPP	1,228		NDC
Nadowli Kaleo	Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin (Second Deputy Speaker)	NDC	4,890		NDC
		NPP	878		NDC
		NPP	796		NDC
Sissala West		NPP	3,368		NDC
		NDC	571		NDC
		NPP	1,336		NDC
		NDC	5,243		NDC
Volta Region - 18 seats
Constituency	Elected MP	Elected Party	Majority	Previous MP	Previous Party
	Kwame Governs Agbodza	NDC	9,289	Kwame Governs Agbodza	NDC
		NDC	16,353	Joseph Zaphenat Amenowode (former MP for Hohoe South)	NDC
	Charles Ageve	NDC	8,385	Juliana Azumah-Mensah (Ho East)	NDC
	Peter Nortsu-Kotoe	NDC	10,103	Peter Nortsu-Kotoe	NDC
	Bernard Ahiafor	NDC	4,940	Bernard Ahiafor	NDC
		NDC	19,236		NDC
		NDC	23,532		NDC
		NDC	41,299	Benjamin Komla Kpodo	NDC
		NDC	23,819		NDC
		NDC	28,975		NDC
	Richard Quashigah	NDC	26,478	Richard Quashigah	NDC
	James Klutse Avedzi (Deputy Minority Leader)	NDC	9,664		NDC
Ketu South		NDC	44,575		NDC
		NDC	14,260		NDC
	Joycelin Tetteh	NDC	9,999	George Loh	NDC
	Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa	NDC	19,184	Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa	NDC
		NDC	8,092	Simon Edem Asimah	NDC
		NDC	28,383		NDC
Western Region - 17 seats
Constituency	Elected MP	Elected Party	Majority	Previous MP	Previous Party
	Ebenezer Kojo Kum	NPP	16,812	George Kwame Aboagye	NDC
	Peter Yaw Kwakye Ackah	NDC	545	George Kofi Arthur	NDC
	Patrick Bogyako-Saim	NPP	5,254	Akwasi Opong-Fosu	NDC
	Eric Afful	NDC	6,337	Eric Afful	NDC
	Joseph Cudjoe	NPP	8,320	Joseph Cudjoe	NPP
	Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah	NDC	2,550	Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah	NDC
Essikado-Ketan		NPP	9,629	Joe Ghartey Second Deputy Speaker	NPP
	Catherine Abelema Afeku	NPP	1,586	Kweku Tanikyi Kessie	NDC
	Paul Essien	NPP	4,453	Francis Kabenlah Anaman	NDC
	Joseph Mensah	NPP	12,122	Joe Baidoo-Ansah	NPP
	Alex Kofi Agyekum	NPP	1,417	Alex Kofi Agyekum	NPP
	Barbara Oten-Gyasi	NPP	4,371	Francis Adu-Blay Koffie	NDC
	Andrew Kofi Egyapa Mercer	NPP	5,764		NPP
	Ato Panford	NPP	4,975	Gabriel Kodwo Essilfie	NDC
	Kwabena Okyere Darko-Mensah	NPP	15,946	Kwabena Okyere Darko-Mensah	NPP
	George Mireku Duker	NPP	18,550	Gifty Eugenia Kusi	NPP
	Isaac Adjei Mensah	NDC	2,014	Isaac Adjei Mensah	NDC
Western North Region - 9 seats
Constituency	Elected MP	Elected Party	Majority	Previous MP	Previous Party
Aowin	Mathias Kwame Ntow	NDC	1,605	Mathias Kwame Ntow	NDC
	Richard Acheampong	NDC	6,113	Richard Acheampong	NDC
	Augustine Tawiah	NDC	13,812	Michael Coffie Boampong	NDC
Bibiani-Anhwiaso-Bekwai	Kingsley Aboagye-Gyedu	NPP	3,244	Kingsley Aboagye-Gyedu	NPP
	Sampson Ahi	NDC	4,004	Sampson Ahi	NDC
	Kwabena Mintah Akandoh	NDC	1,629	Kwabena Mintah Akandoh	NDC
Sefwi-Akontombra	Djornobuah Alex Tetteh	NPP	296	Herod Cobbina	NDC
	Kwaku Afriyie	NPP	5,631		NDC
		NDC	12	Stephen Michael Essuah Kofi Ackah	NDC

Changes

• Emmanuel Kyeremateng Agyarko, MP for Ayawaso West Wuogon in the Greater Accra Region died in the United States where he had been receiving medical treatment on 21 November 2018.^[6]
• December 2018 - A referendum was conducted on 27 December 2018 on the creation of six new regions. All the new regions were approved. The Brong-Ahafo region was split into three, adding the Bono and the Bono East regions. The Northern Region was also split into three, the new additions being Savannah Region and North East Region. The Oti Region was carved out of the Volta Region and the Western Region was split into Western and Western North Region respectively.^[7]
• - Mfantseman - 9 October 2020: The incumbent MP, Ekow Hayford of the NPP was murdered by armed robbers on the Nkusukum Mankessim-Abeadze Duadze Road on his way from a campaign trip.^{[8] [9]} As his death is less than three months before the 2020 Ghanaian general election, Article 112 (5) of the 1992 Ghanaian Constitution stipulates that there shouldl not be a by-election in the constituency.^[10]
• - Fomena - Following the decision of the standing MP, Andrew Amoako Asiamah to stand as an independent candidate in the 2020 Ghanaian general election, the NPP which he had left, petitioned the Speaker of Parliament to expel him as by registering as an independent candidate, the party no more recognised him as a member. Mike Oquaye subsequently ruled that his seat had become vacant in line with Article 97(1)(g) of the constitution.^{[11] [12]}

By-elections

• Ayawaso West - 31 January 2019 - Following the death of Emmanuel Agyarko of the New Patriotic Party (NPP),^{[13] [14]} the Electoral Commission of Ghana conducted a by-election. This was contested by four parties. The National Democratic Congress (NDC) declared on the eve of the election that they were withdrawing their candidate due to some reported violence.^{[15] [16]} The election was won by one of the wives of the deceased former MP, Lydia Seyram Alhassan of the NPP with 68.8% of the votes. Kwasi Delali Brempong of the NDC, whose name was still on the ballot was the runner up with 30.52% of the votes. William Kofi Dowokpor of the Progressive People's Party had 0.58% while Clement Boadi of the Liberal Party of Ghana had 0.1% of the total votes cast.^{[17] [18]}
• Mfantseman - As the death of the sitting MP, Ekow Hayford was less than 3 months before the 2020 Ghanaian general election, no by-election was arranged as stipulated by the Ghanaian Constitution.^[10]

Notes

• The largest winning majority in the 2016 election of 58,084 was by Francisca Oteng-Mensah of the NPP in the Kwabre East constituency of the Ashanti Region. The other constituencies with majorities greater than 50,000 are all in the Ashanti Region. They are Kwadaso where Samiu Kwadwo Nuamah of the NPP had a margin of 55,386 and Suame where Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu also of the NPP had a winning majority of 54,443.^[19]
• The smallest winning majority of just 12 votes was by Kofi Essuah Michael Stephen Ackah of the NDC in the Suaman constituency in the Western Region. Since the creation of new regions in December 2018, it is now located within the Western North Region. Other constituencies with very small winning margins are Salaga South, Savannah Reigon where Salifu Adam Braimah of NPP had 47, Krachi East, Oti Region, Michael Yaw Gyato of NPP, 47, Pru West, Bono East Region, Masawud Mohammed, NDC, 42 and Tain, Bono Region, where Gabriel Osei, NPP had a winning majority of 41.^[19]
• Linda Obenewaa Akweley Ocloo, MP for Shai-Osudoku constituency only stood for election in 2016 because her husband, who was the designated NDC parliamentary candidate, died prior to the election. The MP for Ayawaso West, Emmanuel Agyarko also died during the lifetime of this parliament and was replaced by his wife, Lydia Alhassan in the subsequent by-election.^[20]
• Francisca Oteng-Mensah, MP for Kwabre East was reportedly the youngest member of parliament. She entered parliament at the age of 23 years.^{[21] [22]}
• A total of 11 members decided to retire from parliament and not contest the 2020 general election. Those from the NPP who retired were Anthony Akoto Osei, MP for Tafo Pankrono, Kwabena Appiah-Pinkrah, MP for Akrofuom, Ziblim Iddi MP for Gushegu and Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey MP for Anyaa Sowutuom. The 7 from the NDC who retired were Alban Bagbin, MP for Nadowli, Richard Quashigah, MP for Keta, Inusah Fuseini, Tamale Central, Bernice Adiku Heloo, Hohoe, Magnus Kofi Amoatey, Yilo Krobo, Clement Kofi Humado, Anlo and Fiifi Kwetey for Ketu South. In addition, 41 NPP MPs and 8 NDC MPs also lost out in the primaries.^{[23] [24]}

See also

• List of female members of the Seventh Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana
• 2016 Ghanaian general election
• Parliament of Ghana
• Mike Oquaye - Speaker of the 7th Parliament of the 4th Republic.

External links

• Electoral Commission of Ghana - Detailed Parliamentary Election Results - Date of Election : 7th & 8th December 2016
• Election Passport - David Dublin, American University
• Parliamentary Results For Elections 2016 on Ghanaweb
• All 2016 - 2020 (7th Parliament) MPs - Alphabetical List of 2016 - 2020 (7th Parliament) MPs

Notes and References

1. Web site: 7 December 2016 . December 7 election 'has been exceptionally successful' . https://web.archive.org/web/20201014174431/https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/December-7-election-has-been-exceptionally-successful-493010 . 14 October 2020 . 19 January 2017 . Ghanaweb .
2. Web site: New Speaker, MPs take oath . 19 January 2017 . Ghanaweb .
3. Web site: Parliamentary Results For Elections 2016 - How the Constituencies voted . https://web.archive.org/web/20201014174821/https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/ghanaelection2016/elections.parliamentary.results.php . 14 October 2020 . 19 January 2017 . Ghanaweb .
4. Web site: Leadership of Parliament . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20201031043555/https://www.parliament.gh/mps?leadership . 31 October 2020 . 20 December 2020 . Parliament Of Ghana.
5. Web site: 7 January 2013 . Adjaho sworn in as new Speaker . 15 January 2013 . GhanaWeb.
6. Web site: 21 November 2018 . Ayawaso West Wuogon MP Kyeremateng Agyarko dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20201014175135/https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Ayawaso-West-Wuogon-MP-Kyeremateng-Agyarko-dead-702735 . 14 October 2020 . 7 January 2019 . GhanaWeb.
7. Web site: CONFIRMED: Results of the 2018 Referendum on new regions. Zurek. Kweku. Graphic Online. en-gb. 28 December 2018. 9 June 2020.
8. Web site: Asiedu Addo . Shirley . 9 October 2020 . Mfantseman MP Ekow Kwansah Hayford shot dead . 13 October 2020 . Graphic Online .
9. Web site: 9 October 2020 . Mfantseman MP shot dead . 13 October 2020 . GhanaWeb.
10. Web site: Agyeman . Nana Konadu . 14 October 2020 . There will be no by-election at Mfantseman constituency . https://web.archive.org/web/20201014180518/https://www.graphic.com.gh/news/politics/there-will-be-no-by-election-at-mfantseman-constituency.html . 14 October 2020 . 14 October 2020 . Graphic Online .
11. Web site: Lamptey . Judith Lamiokor . 13 October 2020 . NPP writes to Parliament on why Fomena MP is no longer a party member . 8 November 2020 . Graphic Online .
12. Web site: 7 November 2020 . Speaker declares Independent Fomena MP's seat vacant . 8 November 2020 . GhanaWeb.
13. Web site: Emmanuel Agyarko has died . 2020-01-22 . MyJoyOnline.
14. Web site: MP for Ayawaso West Wuogon is dead . 2020-01-22 . GhanaNewsAgency..
15. Web site: NDC pulls out of Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election . 2020-01-22 . MyJoyOnline..
16. Web site: NPP's Lydia Alhassan wins controversial Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election by landslide . 20 March 2019 . GhanaWeb .
17. Web site: Certified results from Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election . 2020-01-22 . GhanaNewsAgency..
18. Web site: Lydia Alhassan wins Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election . 20 March 2019 . GhanaWeb.
19. Web site: Dublin . David . Election Passport - Providing election data from around the world . Election Passport . American University . 14 October 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201014173552/http://www.electionpassport.com/ . 14 October 2020.
20. Web site: 15 October 2020 . Wives of deceased MPs who succeeded them in Parliament . 16 October 2020 . GhanaWeb.
21. Web site: Acquah . Edward . PHOTOS: Meet the youngest Member of Parliament Francisca Oteng Mensah . Kasapa102.5FM . 16 December 2020 . 13 December 2016.
22. Web site: 15 December 2020 . Ghana's youngest MP makes her constituency NPP's new 'World Bank' . 16 December 2020 . GhanaWeb. . en.
23. Web site: Mustapha . Suleiman . 11 December 2020 . 111 MPs out of next Parliament . 16 December 2020 . Graphic Online .
24. Web site: 10 December 2020 . 2020 elections: These 111 incumbent MPs will not return to Parliament . 16 December 2020 . GhanaWeb. . en.