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Kwesi Akomia Kyeremateng

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Kwesi Akomia Kyeremateng
Member of the Ghana Parliament
for Afigya Sekyere East
In office
7 January 1997 – 6 January 2009
Preceded byPius M. G. Griffiths
Succeeded byHennric David Yeboah
Personal details
BornAshanti Region Ghana)
Political partyNew Patriotic Party
OccupationPolitician

Kwesi Akomia Kyeremateng was a member of the Ghanaian parliament who represented Afigya-Sekyere East in the Ashanti Region of Ghana from the 1996 general election to the 2008 general election.[1][2] He is a member of the New Patriotic Party who represented the 2nd, 3rd and 4th Parliament.

Politics

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Akomia was first elected into Parliament during the December 1996 Ghanaian General Elections on the Ticket of the New Patriotic Party representing the Afigya-Sekyere East Constituency in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. He polled 18,500 votes out of the 29,734 valid votes cast representing 46.30% against Pious Mercilus G. Griffiths an National Democratic Congress (NDC) member who polled 11,234 votes.[3] He was re-elected into Parliament in 2000 with 26,162 votes out of the 36,276 valid votes cast representing 71.70% against Edward O. Aboagye an NDC member who polled 8,935 representing 24.50%, Dorothy Gifty Antwi a Convention People's Party (CPP) member who polled 451 votes representing 1.20%, Ernest A. Boadu a NRP member who polled 421 votes representing 1.20%, Emmanuel A. Gyasi a UGM member who polled 307 votes representing 0.80% and Kwakwa Amoah a PNC member who polled 213 votes representing 0.60%[4]

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  1. ^ Ghana Study Guide listing of members of Parliament
  2. ^ "Parliament - Afigya Sekyere East Constituency Election 2020 Results". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2020-10-04.
  3. ^ "Parliament - Afigya Sekyere East Constituency Election 1996 Results". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2020-10-04.
  4. ^ "Parliament - Afigya Sekyere East Constituency Election 2000 Results". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2020-10-04.