2020 elections: These 111 Incumbent MPs Will Not Return To Parliament
The 8th Parliament of the 4th Republic will see many new faces as about 111 members of the 7th Parliament will not return to the house.
Out of the 275 seats, 33 incumbent New Patriotic Party (NPP) MPs lost their seats in the December 7 elections while 18 incumbent National Democratic Congress (NDC) MPs also lost.
Prior to the Parliamentary elections, 41 incumbent NPP MPs and 10 NDC MPs lost the primaries.
4 NPP MPs voluntarily decided to not contest again. On the part of the NDC, 7 MPs are retiring.
Below is the list:
NPP MPs who lost on December 7
1) George Oduro – New Edubiase – Deputy Agric Minister
2) George Andah – Awutu Senya – Deputy Communications Minister
3) Yaw Buabeng Asamoah – Adentan
4) Boniface Abubakar Saddique – Madina – Minister of State
5) Siaka Stephens – Jaman North – Deputy Bono Regional Minister
6) Yaw Afful – Jaman South – Deputy Aviation Minister
7) Ali Maiga Hamidu – Dormaa West
8) George Gyan Baffuor – Wenchi – Minister for Planning
9) Derrick Oduro – Nkoranza North – Deputy Defence Minister
10) Charles Konadu Yiadom – Nkoranza South
11) Abena Durowaa Mensah – Assin North
12) Barbara Asher Ayisi – Cape Coast North – Deputy Minister for Works and Housing
13) Francis Kingsley Cudjoe – Ekumfi – Deputy Fisheries Minister
14) Alexander Abban – Gomoah West – Deputy Minister for Communications
15) Joseph Tetteh – Upper Manya Krobo – Deputy Eastern Regional Minister
16) Ebenezer Nartey – Ablekuma Central
17) Hajia Alima Mahama – Nalerigu Gambaga
18) Titus Glover – Tema East – Deputy Minister for Transport
19) Joseph Kpemka – Tempane – Deputy Attorney General
20) Adongo Frank Fuseini – Zebilla – Deputy Upper East Regional ministers
21) Anthony Karbo – Lawra – Deputy Roads Minister
22) Michael Gyato – Krachi East – Deputy Minister for Water Resources and Sanitation
23) Paul Essien – Jomoro – Deputy Minister for Chieftaincy
24) Barbara Oteng Gyasi – Prestea Huni Valley – Minister for Tourism
25) Kofi Amoakohene – Atebubu Amanten – Bono East Regional Minister
26) Gabriel Osei – Tain
27) Oko Boye – Ledzokuku – Deputy Minister for Health
28) Elizabeth Afoley Quaye – Krowor – Minister for Fisheries and Aquaculture
29) Solomon Namliit Boar – Bunkpurugu – Deputy North East Regional Minister
30) Martin Oti Gyarko – Techiman North – Deputy Minister for Bono East
31) Catherine Afeku – Evalue Gwira – Minister of State