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Mark Anthony Awuni
Ghanaian politician (1940–2024) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mark Anthony Awuni (10 June 1940 – 11 February 2024) was a Ghanaian politician.[1] He was the Member of Parliament representing Binduri constituency of the Upper East Region of Ghana in the 4th Parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana.[1] He was a member of the National Democratic Congress.[1]
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Early life and education
Mark Anthony Awuni was born on 10 June 1940.[1] He studied at Claver House Institute.[1] He held a Diploma in Education from the institute.[1]
Career
Awuni was a teacher by profession.[1]
Political career
Awuni was a member of the National Democratic Congress.[1] He became a member of parliament from January 2005 after emerging winner in the General Election in December 2004.[2][3] He was elected as the member of parliament for the Binduri constituency in the fourth parliament of the fourth Republic of Ghana.[3][2]
Elections
Awuni was elected as the member of parliament for the Binduri constituency of the Upper East Region of Ghana for the first time in the 2004 Ghanaian general elections.[1][4] He won on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress.[2][3] His constituency was a part of the 9 parliamentary seats out of 13 seats won by the People's National Convention in that election for the Upper East Region.[5] The National Democratic Congress won a minority total of 94 parliamentary seats out of 230 seats.[4] He was elected with 9,797 votes out of 19,939 total valid votes cast.[2][3] This was equivalent to 49.1% of total valid votes cast.[3][2] He was elected over Yakubu Stephen of the New Patriotic Party, Barichie Tilata Yakubu of the Convention People's Party and Aboyella Charles an independent candidate.[2][3] These obtained 6,216, 199 and 3727 votes respectively of total votes cast.[3][4] These were equivalent to 31.2%, 1.0% and 18.7% respectively of total valid votes cast.[3][4]
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Personal life and death
Awuni was a Christian.[1] He died on 11 February 2024, at the age of 83.[6]
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