Ghanaian parliamentary election, 1969
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The Ghanaian parliamentary election was held on 29 August 1969. This was the first parliamentary election since the 1966 coup by the National Liberation Council which toppled the Nkrumah government, and the first relatively free election in the country's history.
The election was to select members for the 140 seat legislative body. Kofi Abrefa Busia, the leader of the Progress Party (which won 105 of the 140 seats)[1] became the Prime Minister of Ghana. There were no presidential elections. Instead, a figurehead president, Edward Akufo-Addo, was elected by an electoral college.
Results
Party | Votes | % | Seats |
---|---|---|---|
Progress Party | 877,310 | 58.3 | 105 |
National Alliance of Liberals | 463,401 | 30.8 | 29 |
United Nationalist Party | 57,652 | 3.8 | 2 |
People's Action Party | 51,125 | 3.4 | 2 |
All People's Republican Party | 27,328 | 1.8 | 1 |
Independents | 27,216 | 1.8 | 1 |
Total | 1,493,371 | 100 | 140 |
Registered voters/turnout | 2,362,665 | ||
Source: Nohlen et al. |
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: Elections in Africa. A Data Handbook. Oxford University Press. 1999 |
Notes and references
- ↑ Nohlen, D, Krennerich, M & Thibaut, B (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p435 ISBN 0-19-829645-2
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