Ernest Kofi Yakah

Yakah was elected as the member of parliament for the New Edubiase constituency of the Ashanti Region of Ghana in the 2004 Ghanaian general elections.^[6][7] He won on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress.^[6][7] His constituency was a part of the 3 parliamentary seats out of 39 seats won by the National Democratic Congress in that election for the Ashanti Region.^[8] The National Democratic Congress won a minority total of 94 parliamentary seats out of 230 seats.^[9] He was elected with 13,275 votes out of 26,440 total valid votes cast.^[6][7] This was equivalent to 50.2% of total valid votes cast.^[6][7] He was elected over Francis Dorpenydh of the New Patriotic Party and Sophia Afrakoma Owusu of the Convention People’s Party.^[6][7] These obtained 12,160 and 1,005 votes respectively of the total valid votes cast.^[6][7] These were equivalent to 46% and 3.8% respectively of total valid votes cast.^[6][7]

In 2008, he won the general elections on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress for the same constituency.^[10][11] His constituency was part of the 3 parliamentary seats out of 39 seats won by the National Democratic Congress in that election for the Ashanti Region.^[12] The National Democratic Congress won a majority total of 113 parliamentary seats out of 230 seats.^[13] He was elected with 14,732 votes out of 27,054 total valid votes cast equivalent to 54.45% of total valid votes cast.^[10][11] He was elected over Kyei Baffour-Degraft of the New Patriotic Party, Mariam Iddrisu of the People’s National Convention, and Joshua Appiah of the Convention People’s Party.^[10][11] These obtained 11,848, 246 and 228 votes respectively of the total valid votes cast.^[10][11] This was equivalent to 43.79%, 0.91% and 0.84% respectively of the total votes cast.^[10][11]

In 2012, he won the general elections once again for the same constituency.^[14][15] He was elected with 16,777 votes out of 32,388 total valid votes cast.^[14][15] This was equivalent to 51.80% of total valid votes cast.^[14][15] He was elected over Charles Mends Cann of the New Patriotic Party and Charles Cooker Anaman of the Progressive People's Party.^[14][15] These obtained 13,078 and 2,533 votes respectively of the total valid votes cast.^[14][15] These were equivalent to 40.38% and 7.82% respectively of the total votes cast.^[14][15]

Yakah is a Christian^[1] and married with six children.^[1]