Mfantseman Explained

Mfantseman
Map2:Ghana-Central
Year:2012
District:Mfantseman Municipal
Region:Central Region
Mp:Ekow Hayford
Party:New Patriotic Party

Mfantseman 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. Mfantseman is located in the South Dayi district of the Volta Region of Ghana. It was created in 2012 ahead of the 2012 Ghanaian general election.

Boundaries

The constituency is located within the Mfantseman Municipal District of the Central Region of Ghana.

Members of Parliament

First electedMemberPartyRef
Created 2012
2012Aquinas Tawiah QuansahNational Democratic Congress[1] [2] [3]
2016Ekow HayfordNew Patriotic Party[4] [5] [6]
2020Ophelia HayfordNew Patriotic Party[7] [8] [9]

Elections

Ekow Hayford the NPP MP for Mfantseman was murdered by armed robbers on the Nkusukum Mankessim-Abeadze Duadze Road on his way from a campaign trip for the 2020 Ghanaian general election.[10] [11] As his death was less than three months before the 2020 election, Article 112 (5) of the 1992 Ghanaian Constitution stipulates that there should not be a by-election in the constituency.[12]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Aquinas, Tawiah Quansah . 2022-05-20 . Ghana MPS . en-US.
  2. Web site: Ph.D . Kwame Okoampa-Ahoofe Jr . And Why Not, Aquinas Tawiah Quansah . 2022-05-20 . Modern Ghana . en.
  3. Web site: 2017-08-28 . Aquinas Tawiah Quansah to contest for NDC National Organiser position . 2022-05-20 . GhanaPoliticsOnline. . en-US.
  4. News: Suspected robbers shoot dead Ghana MP Ekow Hayford . BBC News Pidgin . 2022-05-20.
  5. Web site: Ekow Hayford, Biography . 2022-05-20 . GhanaWeb..
  6. Web site: Mfantseman MP Ekow Kwansah Hayford shot dead . 2022-05-20 . Graphic Online . en-gb.
  7. Web site: 2020-12-09 . Wife of late Mfantseman MP, Ophelia Hayford retains seat for the NPP - MyJoyOnline.com . 2022-05-20 . MyJoyonline. . en-US.
  8. Web site: A Plus 'punches' Ophelia Hayford for defending insecurity in Ghana . 2022-05-20 . GhanaWeb . en.
  9. Web site: Ophelia Hayford now Mfantseman Parliamentary candidate . 2022-05-20 . GhanaWeb . en.
  10. Web site: Asiedu Addo . Shirley . 9 October 2020 . Mfantseman MP Ekow Kwansah Hayford shot dead . 26 October 2020 . Graphic Online .
  11. Web site: 9 October 2020 . Mfantseman MP shot dead . 26 October 2020 . GhanaWeb.
  12. 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 . 26 October 2020 . Graphic Online .

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