Abraham Laryea Odai

Hon. Abraham Laryea Odai
Member of Parliament for Krowor Constituency
In office 7 January 2005 – 6 January 2009
President	John Kufuor
Personal details
Nationality	Ghanaian
Political party	New Patriotic Party

Abraham Laryea Odai is a Ghanaian politician who served as a member of parliament for the Krowor Constituency.[1][2]

Political career

Odai is a member of the 4th parliament of the 4th republic.[3] He became a member of parliament after winning the 2004 Ghanaian general election for the New Patriotic Party.[3] He escaped an assassination attempt in 2007.[4]

Elections

Odai was elected as the member of parliament for the Krowor constituency of the Greater Accra Region of Ghana in the 2004 Ghanaian general elections.[5][6] He won on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party.[5][6] 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.[7] The New Patriotic Party won a majority total of 128 parliamentary seats out of 230 seats.[8] He was elected with 25,405 votes out of 54,155 total valid votes cast.[5][6] This was equivalent to 46.9% of total valid votes cast.[5][6] He was elected over Dr. Nii Oakley Quaye-Kumah of the National Democratic Congress, Theophilus Boye Mensah of the Convention People's Party, Theophilus Tei Okunor and Emmanuel Borquaye Boyefio both independent candidates.[5][6] These obtained 24,339, 2,808, 658 and 945 votes respectively of total valid votes cast.[5][6] These were equivalent to 44.9%, 5.2%, 1.2% and 1.7% respectively of total valid votes cast.[5][6]

Personal life

He is a Christian.

References

1. "Ghana MPs - List of 2013 - 2017 (6th Parliament) MPs". www.ghanamps.com. Retrieved 2020-08-05.
2. "Odekro | What has your MP done for you?". staging.odekro.org. Retrieved 2020-08-05.
3. FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 2004 Results - Krowor Constituency". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2020-08-06.
4. "MP escapes assassination". MyJoyOnline.com. 2007-10-12. Retrieved 2020-08-05.
5. FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 2004 Results - Krowor Central Constituency". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Archived from the original on 2016-10-24. Retrieved 2020-08-05.
6. Elections 2004; Ghana's Parliamentary and Presidential Elections. Ghana: Electoral Commission of Ghana; Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. 2005. p. 166.
7. "Statistics of Presidential and Parliamentary Election Results". Fact Check Ghana. 2016-08-10. Retrieved 2020-08-05.
8. FM, Peace. "Ghana Election 2008". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2020-08-05.