Yaw Baning-Darko

Yaw Baning-Darko is a Ghanaian Politician and a member of the Second Parliament of the Fourth Republic representing the

Yaw Baning Darko
Member of parliament for Atiwa Constituency
In office
7 January 1997  6 January 2001
Preceded byJerry John Rawlings
Personal details
BornAtiwa, Eastern Region Ghana)
NationalityGhanaian
Political partyNew Patriotic Party
OccupationPolitician

Atiwa Constituency in the Eastern Region of Ghana.[1][2][3]

Early life

He was born at Atiwa in the Eastern Region of Ghana.[1]

Politics

He was first elected into Parliament on the Ticket of the New Patriotic Party for the Atiwa Constituency in the Eastern Region of Ghana during the December 1996 Ghanaian General Elections. He polled 19,735 votes out of the 31,731 valid votes cast representing 50.50% over his opponents Ben Ohene-Kwapong of the Convention people's Party who polled 10,480 votes representing 26.80% and Emmanuel Dakwa Adae of the People's National Congress who polled 1,516 votes representing 3.90%.[4] He was defeated by Yaw Brempong Yeboah in his party's Parliamentary Primaries.[5]

References

  1. Ghanaian Parliamentary Register(1993-1996)
  2. "Eastern Region". www.ghanareview.com. Retrieved 2020-10-12.
  3. "Nana Akufo-Addo campaigns in Volta region". www.ghanaweb.com. 13 October 1998. Retrieved 2020-10-12.
  4. FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 1996 Results - Atiwa West Constituency". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2020-10-12.
  5. FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 2000 Results - Atiwa West Constituency". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2020-10-12.


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