Emil Kwadzo Brantuo was a Ghanaian politician and a member of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana. He is a former member of Parliament for the Buem constituency in the Oti Region and a founding member of the National Democratic Congress political Party in Ghana.[1]

Hon.
Emil Kwadzo Brantuo
In office
7 January 1993 – 7 January 1997
PresidentJerry John Rawlings
Preceded byMonica P. Atenkah
Succeeded byHenry Ford Kamel
In office
7 January 1997 – 7 January 2001
Member of Parliament for Buem Constituency
In office
7 January 2001 – 6 January 2005
PresidentJohn Kufuor
Personal details
Born31 January 1938
NationalityGhanaianGhana 
Political partyNational Democratic Congress
Alma materNational Certificate of Agriculture College
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionAgriculturist

Early life and education

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Emil Kwadzo Brantuo was born on 31 January 1938. He attended the National Certificate of Agriculture College and obtained a Certificate in Agriculture.

Career

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Emil Kwadzo Brantuo is an Agriculturist.[2]

Politics

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Brantuo served from 1993 to 2005 thereby being a member in the 1st, 2nd and 3rd parliament of the 4th republic of Ghana. He was a member of the National Democratic Congress and a representative of the Buem constituency of the Volta Region of Ghana. His political career began when he contested in the 1992 Ghanaian parliamentary election, after in 1996 Ghanaian General elections and won on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress. He was preceded by Monica P. Atenkah.[3][4][5]

During the 1996 Elections, he polled 15,623 votes out of the 24,744 valid votes cast representing 50.50% over his opponents Sosthenes Simon Sakyi of the IND who polled 7,722 representing 25.00%, Bani Nyarko Agyemang Charles of the NPP who polled 1,186 votes representing 3.80%, Nayo Rockson of the NCP who polled 114 votes representing 0.40% and Bobison Emmanuel Kwaku of the PNC who polled 99 representing 0.30%.[6]

2000 Elections

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Brantuo was elected as the member of parliament for the Buem constituency in the 2000 Ghanaian general elections. He won the elections on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress.[1][3] 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.[7][8][4]

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. He was elected with 9,610 votes out of 20,219 total valid votes cast. This was equivalent to 48.8% of the total valid votes cast.[3][1][7]

He was elected over Adjei Richard Kwadwo an independent candidate, Ernest A. Yeboah of the National Reformed Party, Sosthenes S. Sakyi of the Convention People's Party, Sam Baidu Kelele of the New Patriotic Party, Nyame Manasseh Ebun of the United Ghana Movement and Donkor S. Kwamena of the People's National Convention.[3][1]

These obtained 4,578, 2,356, 1,500, 1,386, 144 and 110 votes respectively out of the total valid votes cast. These were equivalent to 23.3%, 12%, 7.6%, 7%, 0.7% and 0.6% respectively of total valid votes cast.[3][1]

In 2000 he was not present at the political forum organized by the Jasikan Amalgamated Civic Union Education Group to present his manifestos and issues of development.[9]

Personal life

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He is a Christian.[2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 2000 Results -Buem Constituency". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2020-09-02.
  2. ^ a b Ghana Parliamentary Register 1992-1996.
  3. ^ a b c d e Electoral Commission of Ghana -Parliamentary Result-Election 2000. Ghana: Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. 2007. p. 53.
  4. ^ a b FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 2000 Results - Volta Region". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2020-09-01.
  5. ^ FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 1992 Results - Buem Constituency". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2021-02-13.
  6. ^ FM, Peace. "Parliament - Buem Constituency Election 1996 Results". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2020-10-07.
  7. ^ a b "Statistics of Presidential and Parliamentary Election Results". Fact Check Ghana. 2016-08-10. Retrieved 2020-09-01.
  8. ^ "Ghana Parliamentary Chamber: Parliament Elections held in 1992". Archived from the original on 2020-02-19.
  9. ^ "Parliamentary candidates face electorate". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 2021-02-13.