Suame (Ghana parliament constituency)

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

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 is located in the Kumasi Metropolitan district of the Ashanti Region of Ghana.

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 the Kumasi Metropolitan District of the Ashanti Region of Ghana.

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

Ghanaian parliamentary election, 2004:Suame
*Source:Ghana Home Page*
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.

Constituencies in Ashanti

NPP	Adansi-Asokwa Afigya Kwabre North Afigya Kwabre South Afigya Sekyere East Ahafo Ano South East Ahafo Ano South West Asante-Akim Central Asante-Akim North Asante-Akim South Asokwa Atwima-Kwanwoma Atwima-Mponua Atwima-Nwabiagya North Atwima-Nwabiagya South Bantama Bekwai Bosome-Freho Bosomtwe Effiduase-Asokore Ejisu Ejura-Sekyedumase Fomena Juaben Kumawu Kwabre East Kwadaso Mampong North Mampong South Manso-Adubia Manso-Nkwanta Manhyia North Manhyia South Nhyiaeso Nsuta-Kwamang-Beposo Obuasi East Obuasi West Odotobri Offinso North Offinso South Oforikrom Old Tafo Suame Subin

NDC	Ahafo Ano North Asawase New Edubease Sekyere Afram Plain

NPP (43) NDC (4)

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