Asutifi South (Ghana parliament constituency)

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Asutifi South Parliamentary constituency

Asutifi South is in the Asutifi District of the Brong Ahafo Region of Ghana
Created:
MP:	Collins Dauda
Party:	National Democratic Congress
Region:	Brong Ahafo Region

Asutifi South 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. Asutifi South is located in the Asutifi district of the Brong Ahafo Region of Ghana.

1 Boundaries
2 Members of Parliament
3 Elections
4 See also
5 References

[edit] Boundaries

The seat is located entirely within the Asutifi district of the Brong Ahafo Region of Ghana.

[edit] Members of Parliament

Election	Member	Party
1992
1996	Collins Dauda	National Democratic Congress
2001	Cecilia Djan Amoah	New Patriotic Party
2004	Collins Dauda	National Democratic Congress

[edit] Elections

Ghanaian parliamentary election, 2004: Asutifi South Source:National Electoral Commission, Ghana
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Democratic Congress	Collins Dauda	9,668	51.7	+3.4
	New Patriotic Party	Thomas Broni	8,763	46.9	-4.8
	People's National Convention	Nana Ababio Cosmos	218	1.2	—
	Convention People's Party	Augustine Adu Adjei	51	0.3	—
Majority			905	4.8	+1.4
Turnout			18,954	88.3

Due to the death of Philip Kofi Adjapong Amoah,^[1] (NPP) candidate standing for parliament, the elections in this constituency were postponed to 3 January 2001. Cecilia Djan Amoah, the (NPP) replacement candidate and also the widow of the deceased, won the seat with a majority of 550.^[2]^[3]

Asutifi South Postponed polls, 2001 Source:Adam Carr's Election Archives
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Patriotic Party	Cecilia Djan Amoah	8,220	51.7	—
	National Democratic Congress	Collins Dauda	7,670	48.3	—
Majority			550	3.4	—

[edit] See also

List of Ghana Parliament constituencies

[edit] References

^ "NPP Parliamentary Candidate Dies", General News of Sunday, 3 December 2000, Ghana Home Page. Retrieved on 2007-07-31.
^ "By-election Gives NPP 100th Parliamentary Seat", General News of Thursday, 4 January 2001, Ghana Home Page. Retrieved on 2007-07-31.
^ Republic of Ghana Legislative election of 7 December 2000. Retrieved on 2007-07-27.

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