Sunyani West 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.
Millicent Yeboah Amankwaa is the member of parliament for the constituency. She was elected on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) won a majority to become the MP. She succeeded Ignatius Baffour Awuah who had also represented the constituency in the 4th Republic parliament.
Members of Parliament
First electedMemberParty Sunyani West 1951 Boahene Yeboah-Afari Convention People's Party 1954 Stephen Willie Yeboah Convention People's Party First Republic 1956 Stephen Willie Yeboah Convention People's Party Sunyani 1965 Kyere Awua Gyan Convention People's Party Second Republic 1969 Joseph Henry Mensah Progress Party Third Republic 1979 Kwadwo Owusu-Sekyere Independent Fourth Republic Sunyani West 1992 Joseph Gyamfi National Democratic Congress 1996 Kwadwo Adjei-Darko New Patriotic Party 2008 Ignatius Baffour Awuah New Patriotic Party 2024 Millicent Yeboah Amankwah National Democratic Congress
Election results
Many parties boycotted the 1992 parliamentary elections claiming that the 1992 Ghanaian presidential election won by Jerry Rawlings of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the Progressive Alliance which comprised the NDC, Every Ghanaian Living Everywhere (EGLE) and National Convention Party (NCP) held on 3 November 1992 had been rigged. The boycotting parties were New Patriotic Party (NPP), People's National Convention (PNC), National Independence Party (NIP), and the People's Heritage Party (PHP).
See also List of Ghana Parliament constituencies
References