Emmanuel Akwasi Gyamfi

Emmanuel Akwasi Gyamfi is a Ghanaian politician and member of the Seventh Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana representing the Odotobri Constituency in the Ashanti Region on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party.

Early life and education Gyamfi was born on 1 December 1974. He hails from Homase No. 2 in the Ashanti region of Ghana. He had his Bachelor of Science degree in Planning from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi. He is also a product of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration. He also worked as an administrator and lead facilitator for a non-governmental organization from 2001 to 2002. of the total valid votes cast on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party in the 2008 Ghanaian general elections. He was elected again into parliament on 7 January 2013 after the completion of the 2012 Ghanaian General Elections. He was then reelected on 7 January 2017 after the 2016 Ghanaian General Elections where he obtained 66.13% of the valid votes cast. He is a member of the Mines and Energy Committee and the Children and Gender Committee of the 7th Parliament of the 4th Republic of Ghana. He won on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party. The New Patriotic Party won a majority total of 128 parliamentary seats out of 230 seats. He was elected with 23,804 votes out of 28,967 total valid votes cast. His constituency was part of the 34 parliamentary seats out of 39 seats won by the New Patriotic Party in that election for the Ashanti Region. The New Patriotic Party won a minority total of 109 parliamentary seats out of 230 seats. He was elected with 22,914 votes out of 27,700 total valid votes cast. He was elected with 27,526 votes out of 35,221 total valid votes cast.

2020 General elections In 2020, he won the general elections once again for the same constituency. He was elected with 28,021 votes. This was equivalent to 57.38% of total valid votes cast. He was elected over Emmanuel Obeng Agyemang of the National Democratic Congress and Paul Agyeman-Bannor of the GUM. These obtained 10,456 and 10,358 votes respectively of the total valid votes cast. These were equivalent to 21.41% and 21.21% respectively of the total votes cast.

Personal life Gyamfi is married with three children. He is a Christian and Catholic.