1969 Ghanaian parliamentary election

1969 Ghanaian parliamentary election
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29 August 1969
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All 140 seats in the National Assembly
71 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Kofi Abrefa Busia Komla Agbeli Gbedemah
Party Progress Party NAL
Seats won 105 29
Popular vote 877,310 463,401
Percentage 58.33% 30.81%

Parliamentary elections were held in Ghana on 29 August 1969, the first since the 1966 coup by the National Liberation Council which toppled the Nkrumah government.

Voters elected the new 140-seat Parliament. Kofi Abrefa Busia, the leader of the Progress Party (which won 105 of the 140 seats)[1] became Prime Minister.[2] There were no presidential elections, as the system adopted was a parliamentary republic. Instead, a ceremonial president, Edward Akufo-Addo, was elected by an electoral college.

Results

PartyVotes%Seats
Progress Party877,31058.33105
National Alliance of Liberals463,40130.8129
United Nationalist Party57,6523.832
People's Action Party51,1253.402
All People's Republican Party27,3281.821
Independents27,2161.811
Total1,504,032100.00140
Registered voters/turnout2,361,462–
Source: IPU

By region

Party Ashanti Brong Ahafo Central Eastern Greater Accra Northern Upper Volta Western Total Seats
Progress Party 22 13 15 18 3 9 13 2 10 105
National Alliance of Liberals 0 0 0 4 3 5 3 14 0 29
United Nationalist Party 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2
People's Action Party 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
All People's Republican Party 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Independents 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
National Total 22 13 15 22 9 14 16 16 13 140
Source: UNRISD

See also

References

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p435 ISBN 0-19-829645-2
  2. ^ Lyons, Terrence (1997). "Ghana's Encouraging Elections: A Major Step Forward". Journal of Democracy. 8 (2): 65–77. doi:10.1353/jod.1997.0019. ISSN 1086-3214.
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