Isaac Kobina Nyame-Ofori

Isaac Kobina Nyame-Ofori is a Ghanaian politician, farmer and a member of the 3rd parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana.[1] He is a former member of Parliament for the Sefwi-Wiawso constituency in the Western Region a member of the National Democratic Congress political party in Ghana.[1][2]

Hon

Isaac Kobina Nyame Ofori
Member of parliament for Sefwi-Wiawso Constituency
In office
7 January 2001 – 6 January 2005
Preceded byJohn Jerry Rawlings
Member of parliament for Sefwi-Wiawso Constituency
In office
7 January 1997 – 6 January 2001
PresidentJohn Jerry Rawlings
Personal details
BornSefwi-Wiawso, Western Region, Ghana
NationalityGhanaian
Political partyNational Democratic Congress
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionFarmer

Politics

Nyame-Ofori was a member of the 3rd parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana.[1] He is a member of the National Democratic Congress and a representative of the Sefwi-Wiawso constituency of the Western Region of Ghana.[3] His political career began when he contested in the 2000 Ghanaian General elections and won on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress.[4][3]

2000 Elections

Nyame-Ofori was elected as the member of parliament for the Sefwi-Wiawso constituency in the 2000 Ghanaian general elections.[1][4] He won the elections on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress.[4] His constituency was a part of the 9 parliamentary seats out of 19 seats won by the National Democratic Congress in that election for the Western Region.[5][6][3]

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.[5] He was elected with 32,753 votes out of 52,883 total valid votes cast.[1] This was equivalent to63.9% of the total valid votes cast.[4][1] He was elected over Kwasi Blay of the New Patriotic Party and Francis Kwabena Bih of the Convention People's Party.[4][1] These obtained 18,537 and 0 votes respectively out of the total valid votes cast.[1] These were equivalent to 36.1% and 0% respectively of total valid votes cast.[4][1]

See also

References
  1. FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 2000 Results -Sefwi Wiawso Constituency". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  2. FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 2000 Results - Western Region". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  3. FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 2000 Results - Western Region". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  4. Electoral Commission of Ghana -Parliamentary Result-Election 2000. Ghana: Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. 2007. p. 61.
  5. "Statistics of Presidential and Parliamentary Election Results". Fact Check Ghana. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  6. "Ghana Parliamentary Chamber: Parliament Elections held in 1992". Archived from the original on 19 February 2020.
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