Nii Adu Daku Mantey

Nii Adu Daku Mantey is a Ghanaian politician and a lawyer.[1] He is a former member of parliament for the Klottey-Korle Constituency in the Greater Accra Region.[2][3]

Hon.

Nii Adu Daku Mantey
Member of Parliament for Klottey Korle Constituency
In office
7 January 2005 – 6 January 2009
PresidentJohn Kufuor
Member of Parliament for Klottey Korle Constituency
In office
7 January 2001 – 6 January 2005
PresidentJohn Kufuor
Personal details
NationalityGhanaian 
Political partyNew Patriotic Party
ProfessionLawyer

Career

Daku Mantey is a Lawyer by profession.

Political career

Daku Mantey won his seat during the 2000 Ghanaian parliamentary election with a majority of 9018. He was a member of the 3rd parliament of the 4th republic and a member of the 4th parliament of the 4th republic representing the New Patriotic Party.[4] He lost the seat in 2008 Ghanaian general election.[5][6] During his political life, Nii Adu Daku Mante was chased out of Tudu when he tried to present rice to residents in his constituency. He fled for his life with the bags of rice.[7]

Elections

Daku Mantey was elected as the member of parliament for the Klottey-Korle constituency of the Eastern Region of Ghana for the first time in the 2000 Ghanaian general elections. He won on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party.[8] His constituency was part of the 15 parliamentary seats out of 23 seats won by the New Patriotic Party.[8] The New Patriotic Party won a majority total of 100 parliamentary seats out of 200 seats.[8] He was elected with 29,240 votes out of total valid votes cast.[9] This was equivalent to 51.70% of total valid votes cast.[9] He was elected over David Lamptey of the National Democratic Congress, Nii Torgbor Coffie-Squire of the United Ghana Movement, Godwin Opare Addo of the Convention People's Party, Emmanuel C. Gustav-Lartey of the NRP and Alhaji U. Babamma Mohammed of the People's National Convention.[9] These obtained 20,222, 2,1717, 2,298, 1,343 and 474 votes respectively of total valid votes cast. These were equivalent to 35.70%, 4.8%, 4.1%, 2.4% and 1.3% respectively of total valid votes cast.[9]

In 2004, he contested for the Klottey-Korle parliamentary seat once more.[10][11] He won on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party.[10][11] His constituency was a part of the 16 parliamentary seats out of 27 seats won by the New Patriotic Party in that election for the Greater Accra Region.[10][11] The New Patriotic Party won a majority total of 128 parliamentary seats out of 230 seats.[12] He was elected with 32,263 votes out of 66,527 total valid votes cast.[10][11] This was equivalent to 48.5% of total valid votes cast.[10][11] He was elected over Richard Addo Buckman of the People's National Convention, Ashietey Nii Armah of the National Democratic Congress and Foli Emmanuel Wonder Kwadzo of the Convention People's Party.[10][11] These obtained 910, 30,351 and 3,003 votes respectively of total valid votes cast.[10][11] These were equivalent to 1.4%,48.5% and 4.5% respectively of total valid votes cast.[10][11]

References
  1. Ghana Parliamentary Register, 2004-2008. Ghana: The Office of Parliament. 2004.
  2. Online, Peace FM. "I Am Tough Enough For Politics - Addison". m.peacefmonline.com. Retrieved 2020-08-06.
  3. "Ghana MPs - List of 2013 - 2017 (6th Parliament) MPs". www.ghanamps.com. Retrieved 2020-08-05.
  4. "Results Parliamentary Elections". www.ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 2020-08-05.
  5. "Bernard Mornah must resign; he's destroying PNC - Ex-MP". www.ghanaweb.com. 2016-10-18. Retrieved 2020-08-05.
  6. "Odekro | What has your MP done for you?". staging.odekro.org. Retrieved 2020-08-05.
  7. "MP Chased Out Of Constituency". www.ghanaweb.com. 2002-12-23. Retrieved 2020-08-05.
  8. FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 2000". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2020-08-06.
  9. FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 2000 Results - Klottey Korle Constituency". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2020-08-06.
  10. FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 2004 Results - Klottey Korle Constituency". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2020-08-06.
  11. Elections 2004; Ghana's Parliamentary and Presidential Elections. Accra: Electoral Commission of Ghana; Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. 2005. p. 165.
  12. "Statistics of Presidential and Parliamentary Election Results". Fact Check Ghana. 2016-08-10. Retrieved 2020-08-06.
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