Most Ghanaian MPs do not last long. At every general election since 1992 a large share of the House has changed, and of the 275 seats declared in December 2024, 128 went to newcomers. Surviving party primaries is often harder than winning the seat itself.
A small group has beaten those odds for twenty years or more. These are the longest-serving members of Ghana's Parliament in the Fourth Republic, counted by the number of parliaments in which they sat as elected MPs.
The longest-serving MPs
1Collins Dauda
Asutifi South, NDC. First elected in 1992; in Parliament for every term except 2001 to 2005. Collins Dauda won an eighth term in December 2024, making him the longest-serving MP of the Fourth Republic. He lost his seat only once, in 2000. Read full profile →
2Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu
Suame, NPP. 1997 to 2025, seven terms. The former Majority Leader spent 28 years in the House and became one of its leading authorities on procedure before leaving at the 2024 election. Read full profile →
3Alban Bagbin
Nadowli-Kaleo, NDC. 1993 to 2017, six terms, then Speaker. Bagbin was an MP from the first Parliament of the Fourth Republic until 2017 and returned to the House as Speaker in 2021. Read full profile →
4Amadu Seidu
Yapei-Kusawgu, NDC. 1993 to 2017, six terms. An economist and banker, Amadu Seidu won the seat in the first election of the Fourth Republic and held it for 24 years. Read full profile →
5Edward Doe Adjaho
Avenor-Ave, NDC. 1993 to 2013, five terms, then Speaker. Adjaho held his seat for two decades and served as First Deputy Speaker before becoming the first Speaker elected from among sitting MPs in 2013. Read full profile →
6K. T. Hammond
Adansi-Asokwa, NPP. 2001 to 2025, six terms. The combative lawyer won six elections in a row and ended his career in government as Minister for Trade and Industry. Read full profile →
7Abuga Pele
Chiana-Paga, NDC. 1997 to 2017, five terms. A former tax inspector who later ran GYEEDA. His record was overshadowed by his 2018 conviction over the youth employment agency, for which he was pardoned in 2021. Read full profile →
8Hajia Mary Salifu Boforo
Savelugu, NDC. 1997 to 2017, five terms. The first woman to represent Savelugu chaired Parliament's Women's Caucus and served as First Deputy Majority Chief Whip. She died in December 2025. Read full profile →
9Richard Winfred Anane
Nhyiaeso, NPP. 1997 to 2017, five terms. A physician who served President Kufuor as minister in charge of roads and then health. Read full profile →
10Dominic Azimbe Azumah
Garu-Tempane, NDC. Five parliaments between 1993 and 2017. Azumah lost his seat in 2000 to an independent, won it back in 2004 and held it for three more terms. Read full profile →
11Isaac Kwame Asiamah
Atwima-Mponua, NPP. 2005 to 2025, five terms. Elected at 29, he held the record as the youngest MP ever elected until 2016, and later served as Minister for Youth and Sports. Read full profile →
12Benito Owusu Bio
Atwima-Nwabiagya North, NPP. 2005 to 2025, five terms. A land economist and former hotel manager who ended his time in the House as a deputy lands minister. Read full profile →
13Emmanuel Akwasi Gyamfi
Odotobri, NPP. 2005 to 2025, five terms. Gyamfi won his first election with more than 80 percent of the vote and chaired the Local Government Committee. Read full profile →
How they lasted
Three patterns stand out. The first is safe seats: Odotobri, Atwima-Nwabiagya North and Yapei-Kusawgu gave their MPs landslides again and again. The second is standing within the party: several on this list were front-bench figures whom local delegates were reluctant to drop. The third is how careers end. Most of these runs finished not at a general election but at a primary, or when the MP chose to stand down, which shows how much power constituency delegates hold over who stays in the House.
