As a politician, Akweley Adotey stood for the position of a member of parliament for the
Ayawaso West-Wuogon Constituency in the year 1996. She contested and won in the
1996 Ghanaian general elections, on the ticket of the
National Democratic Congress with a total valid votes of 15,089, representing 35.10%. This was against her opponents;
George Isaac Amoo of the
New Patriotic Party, who polled 14,795 votes, which represented 34.40% of the total valid votes; Andrews La-Anyane of the
People's National Convention, who polled 1,127 votes, representing 2.60% of the total valid votes; Joyce Abla Tamaklo, an independent candidate, polled 855 votes, representing 2.00% of the total valid votes; and Jane Chinebuah of the
Convention People's Party polled 852, which represented 2.00% of the total valid votes cast. == References==