Asutifi South (Ghana parliament constituency)

Asutifi South
constituency
for the Parliament of Ghana
DistrictAsutifi District
RegionAhafo Region of Ghana
Current constituency
PartyNational Democratic Congress
MPCollins Dauda

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 Ahafo Region of Ghana.

Boundaries

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

Members of Parliament

First elected Member Party
1992 Collins Dauda National Democratic Congress
2000 Cecilia Gyan Amoah New Patriotic Party
2004 Collins Dauda National Democratic Congress

Election results

2024 Ghanaian general election: Asutifi[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
NDC Collins Dauda 20,002 55.28 +1.91
NPP Yaw Owusu Brempong 16,092 44.48 −2.00
NDP Andrews Kofi Ahiamata 87 0.24 +0.09
Majority 3,910 10.80 —
Turnout — — —
Registered electors —
2020 Ghanaian general election: Asutifi[3][4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
NDC Collins Dauda 20,616 53.37 −3.30
NPP Yaw Owusu Brempong 17,957 46.48 +3.49
NDP Seidu Kwame 58 0.15 —
Majority 2,659 6.89 —
Turnout — — —
Registered electors —
2016 Ghanaian general election: Asutifi[6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
NDC Collins Dauda 15,855 56.67 —
NPP Cecilia Gyan Amoah 12,026 42.99 —
People's National Convention (Ghana) Adu Samuel Kent 51 0.18 —
CPP Dankwah Kofi Richmond 44 0.16 —
Majority 3,829 14.68 —
Turnout — — —
Registered electors —
2012 Ghanaian general election: Asutifi[8][9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
NDC Collins Dauda 16,077 55.44
NPP Yiadom Boakye-Boateng 12,820 44.21
NDP Acheampong Osei Emmanuel 100 0.34
Majority 3,257 11.23 —
Turnout — — —
Registered electors —
2008 Ghanaian general election: Asutifi[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
NDC Collins Dauda 10,984 49.85 —
NPP Yiadom Boakye Boateng 10,970 49.79 —
Democratic Freedom Party Okyere George 78 0.35 —
Majority —
Turnout — — —
Registered electors —
2004 Ghanaian parliamentary election: Asutifi South[11]
Source:National Electoral Commission, Ghana
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
NDC Collins Dauda 9,668 51.7 +3.4
NPP Thomas Broni 8,763 46.9 −4.8
People's National Convention (Ghana) Nana Ababio Cosmos 218 1.2 —
CPP Augustine Adu Adjei 51 0.3 —
Majority 905 4.8 +1.4
Turnout 18,954 88.3
Registered electors 21,458

Due to the death of Philip Kofi Adjapong Amoah,[12] (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.[13][14]

Asutifi South Postponed polls, 2001[15][16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
NPP Cecilia Gyan Amoah 8,220 —
NDC Collins Dauda 7,670 —
National Reform Party (Ghana) Alfred Osei Nkrumah 23 —
National Reform Party (Ghana) Alex Osei Amankwaa 16 —
People's National Convention (Ghana) Kwabena Yeboah 9 —
Majority —
Turnout 16,089 68.1
Registered electors 23,632
1996 Ghanaian general election: Asutifi[17][18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
NDC Collins Dauda 9,439 61.63 —
NPP Joseph Kofi Karikari 5,793 37.82 —
People's National Convention (Ghana) Ayuah Ayama John 84 0.55 —
People's Convention Party Stephen Kingsley Boadu 0 0.00 —
Majority 3,646 —
Turnout 15,316
Registered electors 23,632

See also

References

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  2. ^ "Asutifi South Summary - 2024 Elections". www.modernghana.com. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
  3. ^ "Asutifi South Summary - 2020 Elections". www.modernghana.com. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
  4. ^ "2020 / Ahafo Region". www.myjoyonline.com. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
  5. ^ "Parliamentary Results for Asutifi South". ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
  6. ^ "Asutifi South Summary - 2016 Elections". www.modernghana.com. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
  7. ^ "2016 / Brong Ahafo Region". www.myjoyonline.com. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
  8. ^ "Asutifi South Summary - 2012 Elections". www.modernghana.com. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
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  10. ^ "Asutifi South Summary - 2008 Elections". www.modernghana.com. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
  11. ^ David Lublin. "Election Passport | Providing election data from around the world". electionpassport.com. American University. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
  12. ^ "NPP Parliamentary Candidate Dies". General News of Sunday, 3 December 2000. Ghana Home Page. Retrieved 31 July 2007.
  13. ^ "By-election Gives NPP 100th Parliamentary Seat". General News of Thursday, 4 January 2001. Ghana Home Page. Retrieved 31 July 2007.
  14. ^ "Republic of Ghana Legislative election of 7 December 2000". Archived from the original on 14 September 2007. Retrieved 27 July 2007.
  15. ^ David Lublin. "Election Passport | Providing election data from around the world". electionpassport.com. American University. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
  16. ^ Adam Carr. "REPUBLIC OF GHANA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 7 DECEMBER 2000". psephos.adam-carr.net. Archived from the original on 1 December 2024. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
  17. ^ David Lublin. "Election Passport | Providing election data from around the world". electionpassport.com. American University. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
  18. ^ "1996 Parliamentary Election Results" (PDF). www.ec.gov.gh. Electoral Commission of Ghana. pp. 3, 19, 35, 51. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 8 January 2025.