Yaw Baah

Yaw Baah (born 17 November 1959) is a lawyer He is a member of the New Patriotic Party.

Early life and education Baah was born on 17 November 1959.

Elections Baah was elected as the member of parliament for the Kumawu constituency of the Ashanti Region of Ghana for the first time in the 2004 Ghanaian general elections. 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 19,223 votes out of 27,477 total valid votes cast. This was equivalent to 70% of total valid votes cast. He was elected over George Amankwaa of the National Democratic Congress, Kofi Adu Poku of the Convention People's Party, Yaw Opoku Mensah of the Great Consolidated Popular Party and Patrick Osei Aboagye an independent candidate. These obtained 5,680, 1,831, 187 and 556 votes respectively out of total valid votes cast. These were equivalent to 20.7%, 6.7%, 0.7% and 2% respectively of total valid votes cast. The New Patriotic Party won a minority total of 109 parliamentary seats out of 230 seats. He was elected with 15;217 votes out of 26;980 total valid votes cast. This was equivalent to 56.4% of total valid votes cast. He was elected over Ohene Kwasi Agyemang of the National Democratic Congress, Yaw Opoku Mensah of Democratic Freedom Party, Kofi Adu Poku of the Convention People's Party and Dominic Oteng an independent candidate. These obtained 4,278, 174, 191 and 7,120 votes of the total valid votes cast. These were equivalent to 15.86%,0.64%, 0.71 and 26.39% respectively of the total votes cast.

Personal life Baah is a Christian. He is a member of the Methodist Church. He is married with two children.