Ernest Attuquaye Armah

Ernest Attuquaye Armah (born 27 August 1957) is a Development Planner, Architect and Quantity Surveyor. He was also a politician and a former member of parliament for the Trobu-Amasaman constituency in the Greater Accra region of Ghana.

Ernest Attuquaye Armah
Member of parliament for Ga South constituency
In office
7 January 2001 – 6 January 2005
PresidentJohn Kuffour
Preceded byMargaret Clarke Kwesie
Succeeded byConstituency dissolved
MP for Trobu-Amasaman
In office
7 January 2009 – 6 January 2013
PresidentJohn Evans Atta Mills
Preceded bySamuel Nii-Aryeetey Attoh
Succeeded byConstituency divided
Personal details
Born (1957-08-27) 27 August 1957
NationalityGhanaian
Political partyNational Democratic Congress
Children4
Alma materKiev Civil Engineering Institute in Ukraine
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionArchitect

Early life and education

Armah was born in 1957 and comes from Afuaman (Manhean Electoral Area) in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana.[1] He obtained a Master of Science degree in Architecture from the Kiev Civil Engineering Institute in Ukraine in 1988.[2]

Personal life and career

Armah is a Christian who worships with the Church of Pentecost.[2] He is married with four children. He works as a Chief Engineer at the Ga District Assembly.[1]

Politics

Armah was elected as the member of parliament for the Ga South constituency in the 3rd parliament of the 4th republic in the 2000 Ghanaian general elections.[3] He was elected on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress.[3] His constituency was a part of the 6 parliamentary seats out of 22 seats won by the National Democratic Congress in that election for the Greater Accra Region.[4][5][6]

The National Democratic Congress won a minority total of 92 parliamentary seats out of 200 seats in the 3rd parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana.[4] He was elected with 41,745 votes out of 78,849 total valid votes cast. This was equivalent to 53.8% of the total valid votes cast.

He was elected over Samuel Nii-Aryeetey Attoh of the New Patriotic Party, Thelma Lantwei Lamptey of the Convention People's Party, Abraham Lartey Joe of the National Reform Party, Daniel Addoquaye Pappoe of the People's National Convention and Edward Osei Bonsu of the United Ghana Movement.[7][8] These obtained 30,425, 2,510,, 1,556, 1,035 and 335 votes respectively out of the total valid votes cast. These were equivalent to 39.2%, 3.2%, 2.0%, 1.3 and 0.4% respectively of total valid votes cast.[8][7]

However, during the 2004 elections, after the Ga South constituency was dissolved, Armah represented the National Democratic Congress in the Amasaman constituency but lost to Samuel Nii-Aryeetey Attoh.[9]

In 2008, he became a member of the Fifth Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana. He won the Trobu-Amasaman constituency in 2008 on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress.[10] He won the seat with a total number of 34,797 votes out of the 71,093 valid votes cast, getting 48.9% out of 100%.[3] In the 2012 elections, his constituency was divide into two, now the Trobu constituency and the Amasaman constituency.[11] However, he did not win any seat in these two constituencies.[11]

References
  1. "Ghana MPs - MP Details - Armah, Ernest Attuquaye". www.ghanamps.com. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  2. "Odekro | What has your MP done for you?". staging.odekro.org. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  3. Electoral Commission of Ghana Parliamentary Result-Election 2000. Ghana: Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. 2007. p. 16.
  4. "Statistics of Presidential and Parliamentary Election Results". Fact Check Ghana. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  5. "Ghana Parliamentary Chamber: Parliament Elections held in 1992". Archived from the original on 19 March 2020.
  6. FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 2000 Results - Brong Ahafo Region". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  7. FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 2000 Results - Ga South Constituency". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  8. Electoral Commission of Ghana - Parliamentary Result-Election 2000. Ghana: Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. 2007. p. 33.
  9. FM, Peace. "Parliament - Greater Accra Region Election 2004 Results". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  10. Peace FM. "Parliament - Greater Accra Region Election 2008 Results". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  11. Peace FM. "Parliament - Greater Accra Region Election 2012 Results". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
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