Major Shifts In Ghana’s Legislature As New MP’s Emerge

Several changes will be seen in the sixth Parliament of the fourth Republic of Ghana as several sitting Members of Parliament are hit with defeat.

Voting in Ghana’s sixth Presidential and Parliamentary elections was for the first adjourned into a second day after several Biometric Verification Devices malfunctioned on the day of elections. Voting material were also delayed by several hours in many polling stations.

Some of the shifts that will be appearing in Parliament are as follows:

NANDOM
Old MP: AMBROSE DERY, New MP: DR. BENJAMIN KUMBOUR

AKWATIA
Old MP: DR. KOFI ASARE, New MP: BABA JAMAL

KETU SOUTH
Old MP: ALBERT ZIGAH, New MP: FIFI KWETEY

JIRAPA
Old MP: FRANCIS DARKURAH, New MP: PAUL DERIGUBAA

TECHIMAN-NORTH
Old MP: PROF. AMEYAW EKUMFI, New MP: ALEX KYEREMEH

NABDAM
Old MP: MOSES ASAGA, New MP: BONIFACE AGAMBILA

ASUOGYAMAN
Old MP: JOSES ASARE AKOTO, New MP: KOFI OSEI AMEYAW

JOMORO
Old MP: SAMIA YAABA NKRUMAH, New MP: FRANCIS ANAMAN

KEEA
Old MP: J. S. ANNAN, New MP: DR. NANA ATO ARTHUR

EFFUTU
Old MP: MIKE HAMMAH , New MP: ALEX AFENYO-MARKIN

EVALUE-GWIRA
Old MP: KATHERINE AFEKO, New MP – KWEKU TANICHI KESSIE

EJURA SEKYEREDUMASE
Old MP: MOHAMMED ISSIFU PANGABU, New MP: MOHAMMED SALIFU BAMBA

SISALA WEST
Old MP: HARUNA BAYIRIGA, New MP: AMIN AMIDU SULEMANA

AGONA WEST
Old MP: SAMUEL OBODAI, New MP: CHARLES OBENG INKOOM

AHANTA WEST
Old MP: SAMUEL JOHN FIAH, New MP: GEORGE KWAME ABOAGYE

BUNKPRUGU YUNYOO
Old MP: LABIK JOSEPH YAANI, New MP: SOLOMON BOAH

YENDI
Old MP: IDDRISU SULEIMAN IBUN, New MP: MOHAMMED TIJANI

ZABZUGU/TATALE
Old MP: John Jabaah Benam, New MP: ALHASSAN UMAR

AKYEM SWEDRU
Old MP: JOSEPH AMPOMAH BOSOMPEM , New MP: KENNEDY OSEI NYARKO