Alhassan Kobina Ghansah

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Hon.
Alhassan Kobina Ghansah
Member of Parliament for
Asikuma-Odoben-Brakwa Constituency
Assumed office
7 January 2021
Personal details
Nationality Ghanaian
Political partyNational Democratic Congress

Alhassan Kobina Ghansah is a Ghanaian politician and an old student of Breman Asikuma Senior High School who is a member of the National Democratic Congress.[1][2][3] He is the member of Parliament for the Asikuma-Odoben-Brakwa (AOB) Constituency in the Central region.[4]

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In the 2016 elections Ghansah represented the National Democratic Congress in the Asikuma-Odoben-Brakwa Constituency but lost to the New Patriotic Party's candidate Anthony Effah[5] with a difference of 430 votes. In that election he had 23,330 votes representing 49.20% and against Effah's 23,760 votes representing 50.11%.[6][7]

Ghansah entered the race for the parliamentary candidate again in the NDC primaries in the Asikuma-Odoben-Brakwa Constituency ahead of the 2020 elections. Ghansah won the parliamentary bid to represent the National Democratic Congress for the Asikuma-Odoben-Brakwa Constituency ahead of the 2020 elections in August 2019 after securing 886 votes to beat his two other opponents Michael Harry Yamson and Eric Kwesi Taylor who had 153 votes and 42 votes respectively.[8]

In December 2020,Ghansah won the seat for Asikuma-Odoben-Brakwat Constituency in the parliamentary elections after polling 28,175 votes representing 52.54% against his only opponent, Emmanuel Domson Adjei of the New Patriotic Party who had 25,454 votes representing 47.46%[9]

References[]

  1. ^ "Six in hot contest at Asikuma Odoben Brakwa". Graphic Online. Retrieved 2021-01-06.
  2. ^ Mornah, Kennedy (2019-08-17). "PC Appiah Ofori endorses NDC Candidate for Asikuma Odoben Brakwa". BestNewsGH.com | Compelling News on the go 24/7 All sides all angles. Retrieved 2021-01-06.
  3. ^ Sintim (2020-03-28). "Hon. Alhaji Ghansah Donates Medical Items & PPEs To Help Fight Covid-19 In Asikuma Odoben Brakwa Constituency". Sintim Media. Retrieved 2021-01-06.
  4. ^ Agency, Ghana News (2020-12-08). "Alhaji Alhassan Kobina Ghansah wins Parliamentary election". News Ghana. Retrieved 2021-01-06.
  5. ^ "Ghana MPs - MP Details - Effah, Anthony". www.ghanamps.com. Retrieved 2021-01-06.
  6. ^ "Merci, Grazie, Spasiba Central Region – With Kufuor's Sublime Speech And Anyidoho's Hocus – Pocus". DailyGuide Network. 2017-08-31. Retrieved 2021-01-06.
  7. ^ "Asikuma/ Odoben/ Brakwa Summary - 2016 Elections". www.modernghana.com. Retrieved 2021-01-06.
  8. ^ "[Full List] Winners, Losers At NDC Parliamentary Primaries". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 2021-01-06.
  9. ^ "Alhaji Alhassan Kobina Ghansah wins Parliamentary election". www.ghanaweb.com. 2020-12-09. Retrieved 2021-01-06.
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