| Offinso South Parliamentary constituency |
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| Offinso South is in the Offinso District of the Ashanti Region of Ghana | |
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| MP: | Ben Abdallah Banda |
| Party: | New Patriotic Party |
| Region: | Ashanti Region |
Offinso South is one of the constituencies represented in the Parliament of Ghana. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. Offinso South is located in the Offinso district of the Ashanti Region of Ghana.
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The seat is located within the Offinso district of the Ashanti Region of Ghana.
| Election | Member | Party |
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| 1992 | Oheneba Kofi Asamoah | Every Ghanaian Living Everywhere |
| 1996 | Francis Kwasi Buor | New Patriotic Party |
| 2000 | Kwabena Sarfo | New Patriotic Party |
| 2007 | Owusu Achaw Duah | New Patriotic Party |
| 2008 | Ben Abdallah Banda | New Patriotic Party |
| Ghanaian parliamentary election, 2008: Offinso South Source:Ghana Home Page |
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| New Patriotic Party | Ben Abdallah Banda | 24,898 | 51.9 | -13.6 | |
| National Democratic Congress | Barbara Serwah Asamoah | 12,898 | 33.9 | 0.2 | |
| Democratic Freedom Party | Akwasi Owusu-Ansah | 103 | 0.3 | — | |
| Convention People's Party | Kwaku Owusu Afriyie | 87 | 0.2 | — | |
| Reformed Patriotic Democrats | Michael Kotey | 63 | 0.2 | — | |
| Majority | 12,000 | 21.2 | 18.0 | ||
At the by-election held on 24 October 2006, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) candidate, Owusu Achaw Duah, won the seat with a majority of 10,097.[1]
| Offinso South by-election, 2007 Source:Ghana Home Page |
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| New Patriotic Party | Owusu Achaw Duah | 20,763 | 65.5 | +13.6 | |
| National Democratic Congress | Barbara Serwa Asamoah | 10,666 | 33.7 | +3.0 | |
| Independent | Emmanuel Kwasi Addai | 177 | 0.6 | N/A | |
| Democratic People's Party | Doris Appiah | 84 | 0.3 | N/A | |
| Majority | 10,097 | 31.8 | +10.6 | ||
| Turnout | 31,690 | 70.7 | |||
| Ghanaian parliamentary election, 2004: Offinso South Source:Ghana Home Page |
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| New Patriotic Party | Kwabena Sarfo | 19,694 | 51.9 | -19.2 | |
| National Democratic Congress | Barbara Serwaa Asamoah | 11,637 | 30.7 | +3.6 | |
| Independent | Joseph Akwasi Kumah | 6,170 | 16.3 | N/A | |
| People's National Convention | Daniel Adusei Poku | 202 | 0.5 | N/A | |
| Convention People's Party | Desmond Osei Kwame | 148 | 0.4 | -0.4 | |
| Every Ghanaian Living Everywhere | Faibil Nsiah Boateng | 95 | 0.3 | N/A | |
| Majority | 8,057 | 21.2 | -22.8 | ||
| Ghanaian parliamentary election, 2000: Offinso South Source:Adam Carr's Election Archives |
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| New Patriotic Party | Kwabena Sarfo | 21,693 | 71.1 | ||
| National Democratic Congress | Butah K Adunkwa | 8,257 | 27.1 | ||
| Convention People's Party | Kuting A Kwasi | 250 | 0.8 | ||
| National Reform Party | Oheneba K Asamoah | 173 | 0.6 | ||
| United Ghana Movement | Effah A Keneth | 134 | 0.4 | ||
| Majority | 13,436 | 44.0 | |||
| Turnout | 30,507 | 69.4 | |||
| Ghanaian parliamentary election, 1996: Offinso South Source: |
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| New Patriotic Party | Francis Kwasi Buor | ||||
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