Bantama (Ghana parliament constituency)

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

Bantama
constituency for the Parliament of Ghana
District	Kumasi Metropolitan District
Region	Ashanti Region of Ghana
Current constituency
Party	New Patriotic Party
MP	Francis Asenso-Boakye

Boundaries

The seat is located within the Kumasi Metropolitan District of the Ashanti Region of Ghana.

Members of Parliament

First Elected	Member	Party	Ref
1969	Horace Walter Kofi-Sackey	Progress Party	[1]
1992	Jibreel Ofori Owusu	National Democratic Congress	[2]
1996	Richard Winfred Anane	New Patriotic Party	[3]
2004	Cecilia Abena Dapaah	New Patriotic Party	[4]
2012	Henry Kwabena Kokofu	New Patriotic Party	[5]
2016	Daniel Okyem Aboagye	New Patriotic Party	[6]
2020	Francis Asenso-Boakye	New Patriotic Party

Elections

2008 Ghanaian parliamentary election: Bantama
Source: Ghana Home Page

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Patriotic Party	Cecilia Abena Dapaah	36,708	75.7	—
	Independent	Nana Osei Akoto-Kuffour	7,007	14.5	—
	National Democratic Congress	Osei-Tutu Richard	2,667	5.5	—
	Reformed Patriotic Democrats	Eunice Owusu-Ansah	1,641	3.4	—
	Independent	Stephen Kwaku Saahene	443	0.9	—
Majority			29,701	61.2	—
Turnout

See also

• List of Ghana Parliament constituencies