Anna Nyamekye
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Anna Nyamekye is a Ghanaian politician and was a member of parliament for the Jaman South constituency of the Brong Ahafo Region of Ghana.
Early life and education
Nyamekye was born on 25 November 1954.{{Cite book |title=Ghana Parliamentary Register |publisher=The Office of Parliament |year=2004 |location=Ghana |pages=393}} She obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in education at the University of Cape Coast.
Career
Political career
Nyamekye was a member of parliament representing the Jaman South constituency in the 3rd and 4th parliaments of the 4th republic of Ghana. She was also a deputy minister of food and agriculture. She was the deputy minister in charge of livestock.{{Cite web |title=Workshop on Avian Influenza opens in Sunyani |website=BusinessGhana |date=3 November 2008 |agency=Ghana News Agency |url=https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Workshop-on-Avian-Influenza-opens-in-Sunyani-152518 |access-date=8 June 2023}}
= 2000 elections =
Nyamekye was first elected as the member of parliament for the Jaman South (formerly Jaman) constituency in the 2000 Ghanaian general elections. She therefore represented the constituency in the 3rd parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana. She was elected with 19,720 votes out of 40,869 total valid votes cast, equivalent to 48.3%. She was elected over Nicholas Appiah-Kubi of the National Democratic Congress, Clement Anane of the National Reform Party, Stephen Kwabena Nkyibena of the Convention People's Party and Fadel Musah Gyasi of the People's National Convention. These obtained 18,807 votes (46%), 1,591 votes (3.9%), 403 votes (1%) and 348 votes (0.9%) respectively. These were equivalent to 46%, 3.9%, 1% and 0.9% of the total valid votes cast. Nyamekye was elected on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party.{{Cite web |website=Peace FM |title=Election 2000: Jaman Constituency |url=http://ghanaelections.peacefmonline.com/pages/2000/brongahafo/253/index.php |access-date=8 June 2023 }} Her constituency was a part of 14 parliamentary seats out of a total of 21 seats won by the New Patriotic Party in that election in the Brong Ahafo Region of Ghana.{{Cite web |website=Peace FM |title=Ghana Election 2000: Brong Ahafo Region |url=http://ghanaelections.peacefmonline.com/pages/2000/brongahafo/index.php |access-date=8 June 2023}}{{Cite web |date=2016-08-10 |title=Statistics of Presidential and Parliamentary Election Results |author=Kwaku Krobea Asante |url=https://www.fact-checkghana.com/statistics-presidential-parliamentary-election-results/ |access-date=2020-08-02 |website=Fact Check Ghana}} The electorate in that constituency voted in "skirt and blouse" manner as the presidential candidate that won was from the major opposition party National Democratic Congress. In all, the New Patriotic Party, though, won 100 parliamentary seats out of 200 .
= 2004 elections =
Nyamekye was re-elected as the member of parliament for the Jaman South constituency in the 2004 Ghanaian general election. She thus represented the constituency in the 4th parliament of the 4th republic. She was elected with 17,842votes out of 31,219 total valid votes cast, equivalent to 57.2%. She was elected over Osei Koranteng of People's National Convention, Ahmed Shams Dinu of the National Democratic Congress, Oteng Agyeman Jacob of the Convention People's Party and Oppong Kwabena Martin of the Democratic People's Party, who obtained, respectively, 782 votes (2.5%), 12,085 votes (38.7%), 337 votes (1.1%) and 173 votes (0.6%). Nyamekye was elected again on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party.{{Cite web |website=Peace FM |title=Ghana Election 2004: Jaman South Constituency|url=http://ghanaelections.peacefmonline.com/pages/2004/brongahafo/49/index.php |access-date=8 June 2023}}{{Cite book |title=Elections 2004; Ghana's Parliamentary and Presidential Elections |publisher=Electoral Commission of Ghana, with support of the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung |year=2005 |location=Accra |pages=134 |url=https://library.fes.de/pdf-files/bueros/ghana/03610.pdf |accessdate=8 June 2023}} Her constituency was a part of 14 parliamentary seats out of a total of 24 won by the New Patriotic Party in the Brong Ahafo region of Ghana in that elections. In all, the New Patriotic Party won a majority of 114 out of a total 230 seats.