MPs elected in the Ghanaian parliamentary election, 2012

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The election of Members of Parliament (MPs) to the 6th Parliament of the Fourth Republic was held on 7 and 8 December 2012.^[1] The Speaker is not an elected member of parliament though he/she is qualified to stand for election as such. There are a total of 275 constituencies in Ghana. 45 new constituencies were created prior to the 2012 election.^[2] The 6th Parliament shall have its first sitting on Monday 7 January 2013 at "five minutes past twelve midnight" (12:05 GMT) to elect a Speaker and Deputy Speakers as well as for the administration of Oaths to the Speaker and Members of Parliament.^[3][4]

Current composition

Results from 275 constituencies are shown in the table below.^[5][6][7][8]

Current composition due to by-elections. The last by-election was the Talensi by-election which was conducted on 7 July 2015.

List of MPs elected in the general election

The following table is a list of MPs elected on 7 and 8 December 2012, ordered by region and constituency. The previous MP and previous party column shows the MP and party holding the seat prior to the election.

Changes

• Henry Ford Kamel, MP for Buem and Minister for the Volta Region in the Mahama NDC government died suddenly on 25 December 2012 at Jasikan.^[12][13]
• Joseph Boakye Danquah Adu, the NPP MP for Abuakwa North constituency, was murdered at his home on 9 February 2016.^[10]

By-elections

• Akatsi South constituency - 5 February 2013 - Edward Adjaho of the NDC became the Speaker of Parliament on 7 January 2013^[9] triggering a by-election.^[14][15] Bernard Ahiafor of the NDC won by a majority of 3,767 votes (18.2%) to become the new MP.^[16]
• Buem - 26 February 2013 - Due to the death of Henry Ford Kamel of the NDC, a by-election was scheduled for late February 2013.^[17][18] This was won by Daniel Kosi Ashiaman of the NDC with a majority of 8,640 (78%) votes.^[19][20]
• Kumbungu - 30 April 2013 - Due to Alhaji Mohammed Mumuni vacating his seat to take up the position of Secretary-General of African, Caribbean and Pacific States,^[21] a by-election was held to elect his replacement. The seat was contested by the NDC, CPP and PPP.^[22] Amadu Moses Yahaya of the CPP, won with over 2,000 votes from his nearest competitor, Imoro Yakubu Kakpagu of the NDC.^[23] This becomes the first seat won by the CPP in the current parliament.
• Talensi - 7 July 2015 - Following Robert Nachinab Doameng (NPP) becoming the Paramount Chief of Tongo, a by-election was held resulting in Benson Tongo Baba of the NDC being elected MP for Talensi with a margin of 3521.^[24]
• Amenfi West - 15 December 2015 - A by-election was held to replace the late John Gyetuah of the NDC who died after a protracted illness.^[25] Eric Afful also of the NDC, won the seat with 52.64% of the vote. The closest in the election was Paul Dekyi of the NPP who had 43.54% of the total votes cast.^[26]
• Abuakwa North - 29 March 2016 - Following the death of J B Danquah Adu, a by-election would be conducted by the Electoral Commission of Ghana at the end of March 2016.^[27]

Notes and references

See also

• Ghanaian parliamentary election, 2012
• Parliament of Ghana
• Edward Adjaho - Speaker of the 6th parliament of the 4th Republic.

External links and sources

• 2012 parliamentary election results on MyJoyOnline
• 2012 parliamentary election results on Ghana Home Page

Ghana Speaker of the Parliament of Ghana
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