Suame (Ghana parliament constituency)
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.
| Suame | |
|---|---|
| constituency for the Parliament of Ghana | |
 | |
| District | Kumasi Metropolitan District |
| Region | Ashanti Region of Ghana |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2004 |
| Party | New Patriotic Party |
| MP | Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu |
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
| Election | Member | Party |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Constituency created | |
| 2004 | Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu | New Patriotic Party |
Elections
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Patriotic Party | Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu | 48,500 | 82.1 | N/A | |
| National Democratic Congress | Paul Richard Yeboah | 8,448 | 14.3 | N/A | |
| Convention People's Party | Frederick Antwi | 1,157 | 2.0 | N/A | |
| People's National Convention | Young Sampson Agonno | 934 | 1.6 | N/A | |
| Majority | 40,052 | 67.8 | N/A | ||
References
- "FAQ's". Parliament of Ghana. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-07-26.