Charles Kofi Agbenaza
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Charles Kofi Agbenaza (1931-2 November 2012) was a Ghanaian politician and a member of the 2nd and 3rd parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana.{{Cite web |title=Ghana MPs – MP Ancillary Links |url=http://www.ghanamps.com/ancillarylinks/index.php?id=260 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200115214301/http://www.ghanamps.com/ancillarylinks/index.php?id=260 |archive-date=15 January 2020 |access-date=1 September 2020 |website=GhanaMps.}}{{Cite web|title=NDC defector assures NPP of victory in 2008|url=https://www.modernghana.com/news/83930/ndc-defector-assures-npp-of-victory-in-2008.html|access-date=1 September 2020|website=Modern Ghana|language=en}} He is a former member of Parliament for the Ketu South constituency as well as a former deputy regional minister of the Volta Region of Ghana.{{Cite web|title=Rawlings pays tribute to Agbenaza|url=https://www.graphic.com.gh/entertainment/showbiz-news/rawlings-pays-tribute-to-agbenaza.html|access-date=1 September 2020|website=Graphic Online|language=en-gb}}
He died on 12 November 2012 after a short illness and was laid to rest on 9 February 2013.{{Cite web |date=9 February 2013 |title=President Rawlings commend late Lt. Col Charles Kofi Agbenaza |url=https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/President-Rawlings-commend-late-Lt-Col-Charles-Kofi-Agbenaza-264575 |access-date=1 September 2020 |website=GhanaWeb |language=en}}
Politics
Agbenaza was a member of the 2nd and 3rd parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana. He was a member of the National Democratic Congress and a representative of the Ketu South constituency of the Volta Region of Ghana.
His political career began when he contested in the 1996 Ghanaian general election and won with a total of 53,276 votes making 68.90% of the total votes cast that year.{{Cite web|last=FM|first=Peace|title=Ghana Election 1996 Results – Ketu South Constituency|url=http://ghanaelections.peacefmonline.com/pages/1996/volta/200/index.php|access-date=1 September 2020|website=Ghana Elections – Peace FM}}{{Cite web |title=1996 Ketu South parliamentary elections |url=https://www.peacefmonline.com/v12/tools/emailnews/news.php?contentid=155778 |access-date=1 September 2020 |website=PeaceFmOnline.}}
= 1996 Elections =
Agbenaza contested in the 1996 Ghanaian General Elections with the ticket of the National Democratic Congress and won the contest. Other runner ups were Peter Kwesi Desky Ahedor of the Conventions Peoples Party who had 3,609 votes, Thomas Kwashikpmi Seshie of the New Patriotic Party who had 2,150 votes and Christian Yao Zigah of the Peoples National Convention who had 1,035 of the total votes. Agbenaza had 53,276 votes which is 68.90% of the total votes.{{Cite web|last=FM|first=Peace|title=Parliament - Volta Region Election 1996 Results|url=http://ghanaelections.peacefmonline.com/pages/1996/parliament/volta/index.php|access-date=2020-10-06|website=Ghana Elections - Peace FM}}
= 2000 Elections =
Agbenaza was elected as the member of parliament for the Ketu South constituency in the 2000 Ghanaian general elections. He won the elections on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress.{{Cite book |title=Electoral Commission of Ghana -Parliamentary Result-Election 2000 |publisher=Friedrich Ebert Stiftung |year=2007 |location=Ghana |pages=56}}
His constituency was a part of the 17 parliamentary seats out of 19 seats won by the National Democratic Congress in that election for the Volta Region. 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.{{Cite web |date=2016-08-10 |title=Statistics of Presidential and Parliamentary Election Results |url=https://www.fact-checkghana.com/statistics-presidential-parliamentary-election-results/ |access-date=2020-09-01 |website=Fact Check Ghana |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Ghana Parliamentary Chamber: Parliament Elections held in 1992 |url=http://archive.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/2123 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200219090455/http://archive.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/2123_92.htm |archive-date=19 February 2020 |access-date=3 September 2020}}{{Cite web |last=FM |first=Peace |title=Ghana Election 2000 Results - Volta Region |url=https://ghanaelections.peacefmonline.com/pages/2000/volta/ |access-date=2020-09-01 |website=Ghana Elections - Peace FM}}
He was elected with 39,169 votes out of 46,440 total valid votes cast. This was equivalent to 86.1% of the total valid votes cast. He was elected over Thomas K.RF. Seshie of the New Patriotic Party, Christian Yao Zigah of the Convention People's Party, Selorm A. O Henyo and Godwin Tay of the United Ghana Movement.
These obtained 3,486, 1,810, 780 and 248 votes respectively out of the total valid votes cast. These were equivalent to 7.7%, 4%, 1.7% and 0.5% respectively of total valid votes cast.{{Cite web|last=FM|first=Peace|title=Ghana Election 2000 Results -Ketu South Constituency|url=https://ghanaelections.peacefmonline.com/pages/2000/volta/200/|access-date=2020-09-02|website=Ghana Elections - Peace FM}}