Afieye Ashong

Hon.
Afieye Ashong
Member of Parliament for Kpone Katamanso Constituency
In office
7 January 1996 – 6 January 2001
Member of Parliament for Kpone-Katamanso Constituency
In office
7 January 2001 – 6 January 2005
Personal details
NationalityGhanaian 
Political partyNational Democratic Congress
ProfessionPolitician

Beatrice Love Naa-Afieye Ashong is a Ghanaian politician and a member of the 3rd Parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana.[1][2] She is also a founder of a non-governmental organization, 'Gods Love Society' and a former Member of Parliament for the kpone Katamanso constituency of the Greater Accra Region of Ghana.[3]

Early life and education

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Ashong is from Kpone Katamanso in the Greater Accra region of Ghana.[4]

Politics

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Ashong was a member of the 2nd and 3rd Parliaments of the 4th Republic of Ghana.[5] Her political career began in 1996 when she contested as a parliamentary candidate in the 1996 Ghanaian general election as a representative for the Kpone Katamanso constituency on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress.[6][7] She won her first seat with a total of 7,901 votes, being 59.50% of the total valid votes cast.[8] She contested again in the 2000 Ghanaian general election and maintained her seat with 5,420 votes, 51.35% of the total votes cast.[9][10] Her political career ended when she made a declaration not to contest in any elections again during her last term in office in January 2004.[4][11]

Elections

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During the 1996 Ghanaian General Elections, Ashong won over her opponents with 7,901 votes casts representing 59.50% of the total votes cast to represent Kpone Katamansonas in the Second Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana.[12][13] Her opponents include George T. Noye of the New Patriotic Party who polled 2,609 votes which represent 19.60% of the total votes cast, Emmanuel Kweku Sagoe of the National Convention Party also polled 562 representing 4.20% of the total votes cast and Theophilus Tei Okunor of the People's National Convention who also polled 138 votes representing 1.00% of the total votes cast.[14]

Ashong was again elected as member of parliament for the Kpone Katamanso constituency in the 3rd parliament of the 4th republic in the 2000 Ghanaian general elections.[15] She was elected on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress.[15] Her constituency was a part of the 6 parliamentary seats out of 22 seats won by the National Democratic Congress in that election for the Brong Ahafo Region.[16][17][18] The National Democratic Congress won a minority total of 92 parliamentary seats out of 200 seats in the 3rd parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana.[16] She was elected with 5420 votes out of 10,554 total valid votes cast. This was equivalent to 52.2% of the total valid votes cast.[19] She was elected over Emmanuel Amprong Agbozo of the New Patriotic Party, Godfried Allan Lomotey of the Convention People's Party, Theophilus Tei Okunor of the People's National Convention and Isaac Newtown A. Tetteh of the National Reform Party.[19] These obtained 3,066, 1,297, 418 and 177votes respectively out of the total valid votes cast. These were equivalent to 29.5%, 12.5%, 4.0% and 1.7% respectively of total valid votes cast.[19][20]

References

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  1. ^ FM, Peace. "Parliament – Kpone Katamanso Constituency Election 2012 Results". Ghana Elections – Peace FM. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  2. ^ Akrasi, Linda (24 July 2003). "Ghana: I Won't Stand Again in 2004 Says Kpone Katamanso MP". Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  3. ^ "TMA presents items to the Aged". BusinessGhana. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Casualties of Primaries: They will no longer be MPs". ghanaweb. 6 September 2004. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  5. ^ FM, Peace. "Parliament – Kpone Katamanso Constituency Election 2012 Results". Ghana Elections – Peace FM. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  6. ^ "Greater Accra Region". ghanareview. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  7. ^ "MP complains about police harassment". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  8. ^ FM, Peace. "Parliament – Kpone Katamanso Constituency Election 1996 Results". Ghana Elections – Peace FM. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  9. ^ "Ghana Election kpone-katamanso Constituency Results". Graphic Ghana. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  10. ^ FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 2000 Results – Kpone Katamanso Constituency". Ghana Elections – Peace FM. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  11. ^ "Party activities gear up in Tema Municipality". ghanaweb. 17 August 2004. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  12. ^ "Casualties of Primaries: They will no longer be MPs". ghanaweb. 6 September 2004. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  13. ^ "TMA presents items to the Aged". BusinessGhana. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  14. ^ FM, Peace. "Parliament – Greater Accra Region Election 1996 Results". Ghana Elections – Peace FM. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  15. ^ a b Electoral Commission of Ghana Parliamentary Result-Election 2000. Ghana: Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. 2007. p. 16.
  16. ^ a b "Statistics of Presidential and Parliamentary Election Results". Fact Check Ghana. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  17. ^ "Ghana Parliamentary Chamber: Parliament Elections held in 1992". Archived from the original on 19 February 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  18. ^ FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 2000 Results – Brong Ahafo Region". Ghana Elections – Peace FM. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  19. ^ a b c Electoral Commission of Ghana -Parliamentary Result-Election 2000. Ghana: Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. 2007. p. 34.
  20. ^ FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 2000 Results – Kpone Katamanso Constituency". Ghana Elections – Peace FM. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
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