People's Heritage Party

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People's Heritage Party
Leader Emmanuel Erskine
Founded1992
Merged into People's Convention Party
(with National Independence Party
in 1993)
Headquarters Accra
Ideology Nkrumaism
African nationalism
African socialism

The People's Heritage Party (PHP) was a political party in Ghana. [1]

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Formation

The PHP was one of the eight political parties formed when the ban on party politics was lifted in 1992 in Ghana. It claimed to follow the Nkrumahist philosophy. [2] . One of the main supporters of the People`s Heritage Party was Mr Komla Agbeli Gbedemah who was a close associate of the founder of Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah

Elections

The PHP did not win any seats in the Ghanaian parliamentary election in 1992. This was the first and only parliamentary election that it participated. Its candidate in the 1992 Ghanaian presidential election in 1992 was Lt. Gen. Emmanuel Erskine. He came last out of the five candidates with 1.7% of the total vote. [3]

Merger

In 1993, the PHP merged with the National Independence Party, another party that followed Nkrumah's ideology to form the People's Convention Party. [4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Ninsin, Kwame A. (2006). "Introduction: The Contradictions and Ironies of Elections in Africa". Africa Development. 31 (3): 1–10. ISSN   0850-3907.
  2. ↑ "Political Context Study - Ghana" (PDF). Political Context Study. 13 (14): 41. 2010 – via University of Oslo.
  3. ↑ "Ghana Presidential And Parilamentary Elections". Report of the Commonwealth Observer Group. 3 (1): 53. December 12, 2012 – via Commonwealth Secretariat.
  4. ↑ "About this Collection | Country Studies | Digital Collections | Library of Congress". Library of Congress . Retrieved 2023-01-07.


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