Victor Okuley Nortey is a Ghanaian politician and member of the Fourth Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana representing the Ablekuma Central parliamentary constituency in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. He is a member of New Patriotic Party .
Hon. Victor Okuley Nortey | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Ablekuma Central Constituency | |
| In office 26 March 1999 – 6 January 2009 | |
| Preceded by | Theophilus Tetteh Chaie |
| Succeeded by | Clement Samuel Crabbe |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | Ghanaian |
| Political party | New Patriotic Party |
Early life and education edit
Nortey was born in the year 1958 in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana.
Career edit
Nortey was a businessman.[1]
Political career edit
Elections edit
1999 By-Election edit
Nortey was first elected as member of the parliament for the Ablekuma Central Constituency of the Greater Accra Region of Ghana in the 1999 by-election which took place on 26 March 1999. He won with the majority vote of 4.808 votes with the ticket of the New Patriotic Party.[2]
2004 Election edit
Nortey was elected as the member of parliament for the Ablekuma Central constituency of the Greater Accra Region of Ghana in the 2004 Ghanaian general elections.[3][4] He won on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party.[3][4] His constituency was a part of the 16 parliamentary seats out of 27 seats won by the New Patriotic Party in that election for the Greater Accra Region.[5] The New Patriotic Party won a majority total of 128 parliamentary seats out of 230 seats.[6] He was elected with 47,731 votes out of 94,969 total valid votes cast.[3][4] This was equivalent to 50.3% of total valid votes cast.[3][4] He was elected over Stephen Kwame Aloma of the People's National Convention, Basha Harsey of the National Democratic Congress, Stephen Douglas Annor of the Convention People's Party, Ali Ibrahim of the Democratic People's Party and Abdul Rahmman Alim an National Reformed Party.[3][4] These obtained 1,465, 44,027, 1,273, 275 and 198 votes respectively of total valid votes cast.[3][4] These were equivalent to 1.5%, 46.4%, 1.3%, 0.3% and 0.2% respectively of total valid votes cast.[3][4]
Personal life edit
Victor Okuley Nortey is a Christian.[7]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "NPP gets a booster for 2000". www.ghanaweb.com. 29 March 1999. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
- ^ "Results – 1996 Parliamentary Elections". 28 September 2007. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 2004 Results – Ablekuma Central Constituency". Ghana Elections – Peace FM. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g Elections 2004; Ghana's Parliamentary and Presidential Elections. Ghana: Electoral Commission of Ghana; Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. 2005. p. 161.
- ^ "Statistics of Presidential and Parliamentary Election Results". Fact Check Ghana. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
- ^ FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 2008". Ghana Elections – Peace FM. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
- ^ Ghana Parliamentary Register, 2004–2008. Ghana: The Office of Parliament. 2004.