Lamptey was a member of parliament of the Second Parliament of the Fourth Republic of
Ghana for the
Klottey-Korle Constituency in the
Greater Accra Region of Ghana on the ticket of the
National Democratic Congress during the
1996 Ghanaian general elections. He polled a total votes casts of 20,485 representing 26.20% during the 1996 Ghanaian Parliamentary elections over his opponents Tei Okunor an
Independent Candidate who polled 17,205 votes which also represent 22.00% of the total votes cast, Gilbert K.Quartey of the
New Patriotic Party also polling 17,090 votes representing 21.90% of the total votes cast, Adolf Lutterodt of the
Convention People's Party polled 4,897 votes representing 6.30% of the total votes cast, Kwame Nyarko Akuffo-Mensah an Independent Candidate also polled 2,173 votes which represent 2.80% of the total votes cast, Buniyamin Mohamed Buniyamin of the
People's National Convention had no votes cast so as Ahmed Nii Kpakpo Oti Vanderpu an
Independent Candidate. == Career ==