Kofi Frimpong

Kofi Frimpong (born 17 June 1951) is a businessman He is a member of the New Patriotic Party.

Early life and education Frimpong was born on 17 June 1951. He hails from Ntonso, a town in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. He was the MP for Kwabre East constituency. The New Patriotic Party won a majority total of 128 parliamentary seats out of 230 seats. He was elected with 42,094 votes out of 51,871 total valid votes cast. The New Patriotic Party won a minority total of 109 parliamentary seats out of 230 seats. He was elected with 41,454 votes out of 54,517 total valid votes cast. This was equivalent to 76.04% of total valid votes cast. He was elected over Bismark Adu-Asere of the National Democratic Congress, Zacharia Awuah of Democratic Freedom Party and Alice Duah Boateng of the Convention People's Party. These obtained 10,824, 555 and 1,684 votes respectively of total valid votes cast. These were equivalent to 19.85%, 1.02% and 3.09% respectively of the total votes cast.

In 2012, he won the general elections once more on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party for the same constituency. He was elected with 62,048 votes out of 82,377 total valid votes cast. This was equivalent to 75.32% of total valid votes cast. He was elected over Fatao Iliyasu of the National Democratic Congress, Zacharia Awuah of the Progressive People's Party and Edward J.B Danquah an independent candidate. These obtained 17,521, 1,284 and 1,524 votes of the total valid votes cast. These were equivalent to 21.27%, 1.56% and 1.85% respectively of the total votes cast.

Personal life Frimpong is a Christian. He is a Seventh-day Adventist. He is married with ten children.