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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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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. 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
[edit]| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progress Party | 877,310 | 58.33 | 105 | |
| National Alliance of Liberals | 463,401 | 30.81 | 29 | |
| United Nationalist Party | 57,652 | 3.83 | 2 | |
| People's Action Party | 51,125 | 3.40 | 2 | |
| All People's Republican Party | 27,328 | 1.82 | 1 | |
| Independents | 27,216 | 1.81 | 1 | |
| Total | 1,504,032 | 100.00 | 140 | |
| Registered voters/turnout | 2,361,462 | – | ||
| Source: IPU | ||||
By region
[edit]| 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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p435 ISBN 0-19-829645-2
External links
[edit]- 1969 National Assembly Election African Elections Database
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