1969 Ghanaian parliamentary election

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.

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, as the system adopted was a parliamentary republic. Instead, a ceremonial 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

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

See also

• MPs elected in the Ghanaian parliamentary election, 1969
• Busia government

External links and sources

• 1969 National Assembly Election on Africa Elections Database