Mfantseman

Constituency in the Volta Region of Ghana

Mfantseman
constituency for the Parliament of Ghana

District	Mfantseman Municipal
Region	Central Region of Ghana
Current constituency
Created	2012
Party	New Patriotic Party
MP	Ekow Hayford

Mfantseman 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. Mfantseman is located in the South Dayi district of the Volta Region of Ghana. It was created in 2012 ahead of the 2012 Ghanaian general election.

Boundaries

The constituency is located within the Mfantseman Municipal District of the Central Region of Ghana.

Members of Parliament

First elected	Member	Party	Ref
Created 2012
2012	Aquinas Tawiah Quansah	National Democratic Congress	^[1]^[2]^[3]
2016	Ekow Hayford	New Patriotic Party	^[4]^[5]^[6]
2020	Ophelia Hayford	New Patriotic Party	^[7]^[8]^[9]

Elections

Ekow Hayford the NPP MP for Mfantseman was murdered by armed robbers on the Nkusukum Mankessim-Abeadze Duadze Road on his way from a campaign trip for the 2020 Ghanaian general election.^[10]^[11] As his death was less than three months before the 2020 election, Article 112 (5) of the 1992 Ghanaian Constitution stipulates that there should not be a by-election in the constituency.^[12]

2016 Ghanaian general election: Mfantseman^[13]^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Patriotic Party	Ekow Hayford	26,747	46.82	-0.36
	National Democratic Congress	James Essuon	26,021	45.55	-5.4
	Progressive People's Party	Kwabena Amuqandoh Okyere	4,043	7.08	+5.73
	Convention People's Party	Pius Ebo Dughan	318	0.56	+0.32
Majority			726	1.27	-2.5
Turnout			57,908	66.00	-13.65
Registered electors			88,236

2012 Ghanaian parliamentary election: Mfantseman^[14]^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Democratic Congress	Aquinas Tawiah Quansah	31,837	50.95
	New Patriotic Party	Stephen Asamoah - Boateng	29,476	47.18	—
	Progressive People's Party	Ernest Kwaminaabaka Baiden	846	1.35	—
	Convention People's Party	Bonaventure William Appiah	150	0.24	—
	United Front Party	Eugene Akoto Amanfu	103	0.16	—
	National Democratic Party	Veronica Esi Adu-boateng	69	0.11	—
Majority			2,361	3.77
Turnout			63,618	79.65
Registered electors			79,869

References

^ "Aquinas, Tawiah Quansah". Ghana MPS. Retrieved 2022-05-20.
^ Ph.D, Kwame Okoampa-Ahoofe Jr. "And Why Not, Aquinas Tawiah Quansah". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 2022-05-20.
^ "Aquinas Tawiah Quansah to contest for NDC National Organiser position". GhanaPoliticsOnline. 2017-08-28. Retrieved 2022-05-20.
^ "Suspected robbers shoot dead Ghana MP Ekow Hayford". BBC News Pidgin. Retrieved 2022-05-20.
^ "Ekow Hayford, Biography". GhanaWeb. Retrieved 2022-05-20.
^ "Mfantseman MP Ekow Kwansah Hayford shot dead". Graphic Online. Retrieved 2022-05-20.
^ "Wife of late Mfantseman MP, Ophelia Hayford retains seat for the NPP - MyJoyOnline.com". MyJoyonline. 2020-12-09. Retrieved 2022-05-20.
^ "A Plus 'punches' Ophelia Hayford for defending insecurity in Ghana". GhanaWeb. Retrieved 2022-05-20.
^ "Ophelia Hayford now Mfantseman Parliamentary candidate". GhanaWeb. Retrieved 2022-05-20.
^ Asiedu Addo, Shirley (9 October 2020). "Mfantseman MP Ekow Kwansah Hayford shot dead". Graphic Online. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
^ "Mfantseman MP shot dead". GhanaWeb. 9 October 2020. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
^ Agyeman, Nana Konadu (14 October 2020). "There will be no by-election at Mfantseman constituency". Graphic Online. Archived from the original on 14 October 2020. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
^ "Electoral Commission of Ghana - Detailed Parliamentary Election Results - Date of Election :- 7th & 8th December 2016" (PDF). Official website. Accra: Electoral Commission of Ghana. 27 December 2016. p. 9. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 October 2020. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
^ ^a ^b Lublin, David. "Election Passport". electionpassport.com. American University. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
^ "Election 2012: Mfantseman". ghanaweb.com. GhanaWeb. Retrieved 26 October 2020.