Techiman North (Ghana parliament constituency)
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Christopher Ameyaw Akumfi is the member of parliament
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for the constituency. He was elected on the ticket
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of the New Patriotic Party
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(NPP) and won a majority of 2,139 votes to become the MP
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. He succeeded Alex Kyeremeh who had also represented the constituency in the 4th Republic parliament on the ticket
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of the National Democratic Congress
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(NDC)..