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. The election was to select members for the 140 seat legislative body. The leader of the Progress Party which won the most seats Kofi Abrefa Busia, became the Prime Minister of Ghana. There were no presidential elections. There was to be a ceremonial president elected by an electoral college.

1 Results
- 1.1 Parliamentary election results
- 1.2 Results by region
2 Notes and references
3 See also
4 External links and sources

[edit] Results

Approximately 2.36 million people were registerd for the elections.

[edit] Parliamentary election results
Party	Votes	%	Seats
Progress Party	—	58.7%	105
National Alliance of Liberals	—	30.4%	29
United Nationalist Party	—	3.8%	2
People’s Action Party	—	3.4%	2
All People's Republican Party	—	1.8%	1
Independent	—	1.8%	1
National Total	2.3 million (approx.)	100%	140
Sources: Africa Elections Database

[edit] Results by region
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

[edit] Notes and references

[edit] See also

MPs elected in the Ghana parliamentary election, 1969
Busia government

[edit] External links and sources

1969 National Assembly Election on Africa Elections Database

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