1969 Ghanaian parliamentary election

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1969 Ghanaian parliamentary election
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  1965 29 August 1969 1979  

All 140 seats in the National Assembly
71 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
  Kofi Busia - John Agyekum Kufuor and photo of Kofi Busia (cropped).jpg Komla Agbeli Gbedemah 1.jpg
Leader Kofi Abrefa Busia Komla Agbeli Gbedemah
Party Progress Party National Alliance of Liberals
Seats won10529
Popular vote877,310463,401
Percentage58.33%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.

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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. 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 Party 877,31058.33105
National Alliance of Liberals 463,40130.8129
United Nationalist Party 57,6523.832
People's Action Party 51,1253.402
All People's Republican Party 27,3281.821
Independents27,2161.811
Total1,504,032100.00140
Registered voters/turnout2,361,462
Source: IPU

By region

PartyAshantiBrong AhafoCentralEasternGreater AccraNorthernUpperVoltaWesternTotal Seats
Progress Party 221315183913210105
National Alliance of Liberals 000435314029
United Nationalist Party 0000200002
People's Action Party 0000000022
All People's Republican Party 0000000011
Independents0000100001
National Total22131522914161613140
Source: UNRISD

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References

  1. Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p435 ISBN   0-19-829645-2