Joseph Dindiok Kpemka
Joseph Dindiok Kpemka | |
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Member of the Ghana Parliament for Tempane Constituency | |
Personal details | |
Born |
13 August 1973 kpikpira-Tempane, Ghana |
Political party | New Patriotic Party |
Alma mater | University of Ghana; Ghana School of Law |
Joseph Dindiok Kpemka (born 13 August 1973) is a Ghanaian politician and member of the Seventh Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana representing the Tempane constituency in the Upper East Region on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party.
Education
Born on 13 August 1973, Kpeka holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Ghana and an LLB from the Ghana School of Law.
Career
He taught English at the Ghana Education Service from 2002 to 2005. From 2008 to 2009, he served as a District Chief Executive. He became a lawyer and lectured at the Bolgatanga Technical University from 2009 to 2016.
Politics
Kpemka is a member of the New Patriotic Party and was the member of parliament for Tempane( Ghana parliament constituency) in the Upper Region of Ghan, representing the constituency in the Seventh Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana.
2016 election
Kpemba contested for the Tempane constituency parliamentary seat on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party during the 2016 Ghanaian general election and won with 13,363 votes representing 45.42%. He won the election over David Adakudugu of the National Democratic Congress, Francis Adam Asaanah (IND), Laar Samson Kangben of the PPP and Ayaaba Samson Asaman of the Convention People's Party. They obtained 10,697 votes, 2,925 votes, 2,306 votes and 132 votes respectively, equivalent to 36.36%, 9.94%, 7.84%, and 0.45% of the total votes respectively.
2020 election
During the 2020 Ghanaian general election, he failed to retain his seat against the opposition party parliamentary candidate Miss Lydia Akanvariba Lamisi of the National Democratic Congress (NDC). He polled 16,462 votes against 20,939 votes for the NDC candidate.