Suame (Ghana parliament constituency) explained

Suame
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Year:2004
District:Kumasi Metropolitan District
Region:Ashanti Region
Mp:Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu
Party:New Patriotic Party

Suame 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. Suame was formerly located in the Kumasi Metropolitan district but now it is a municipal assembly of the Ashanti Region of Ghana.

This seat was created prior to the Ghanaian parliamentary election in 2004 when the Old Tafo-Suame constituency was split into the Old Tafo and Suame constituencies respectively.

Boundaries

The seat is located within Kumasi metropolitan assembly and shares boundaries with tafo nhyiaso, afigya Kwabre South, bantama and

History

The constituency was first created in 2004 by the Electoral Commission of Ghana along with 29 other new ones, increasing the number of constituencies from 200 to 230.[1]

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
2004Constituency created
2004Osei Kyei Mensah BonsuNew Patriotic Party

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: FAQ's . 2007-07-26 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20070927045755/http://www.parliament.gh/faq.php . 2007-09-27.