1969 Ghanaian parliamentary election

none 29 August 1969 Ghana 1959 parliamentary 1965 1965 Ghanaian parliamentary election 1979 Ghanaian general election 1979 All 140 seats in the National Assembly 71 List of MPs elected in the 1969 Ghanaian parliamentary election Kofi Busia - John Agyekum Kufuor and photo of Kofi Busia (cropped).jpg Kofi Abrefa Busia Progress Party 877,310 58.33% 105 008800 NAL 463,401 30.81% 29 Komla Agbeli Gbedemah Komla Agbeli Gbedemah 1.jpg 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)Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p435 0-19-829645-2 became Prime Minister.Lyons Terrence 1997 Ghana’s Encouraging Elections: A Major Step Forward https://doi.org/10.1353/jod.1997.0019 Journal of Democracy 8 2 65–77 10.1353/jod.1997.0019 1086-3214 subscription 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 Progress Party 877310 105 National Alliance of Liberals 463401 29 United Nationalist Party 57652 2 People's Action Party 51125 2 All People's Republican Party 27328 1 Independents 27216 1 2361462 IPU By region PartyAshantiBrong AhafoCentralEasternGreater AccraNorthernUpperVoltaWesternTotal SeatsProgress Party 22 1315 18 3 913210105National Alliance of Liberals0 0 0 4 35314029 United Nationalist Party 0 0 0 0 2 0 0002People'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 140Source: UNRISD See also List of MPs elected in the 1969 Ghanaian parliamentary election Busia government References External links 1969 National Assembly Election https://web.archive.org/web/20120530060759/http://africanelections.tripod.com/gh.html#1969_National_Assembly_Election 2012-05-30 African Elections Database Category:Parliamentary elections in Ghana Ghana Parliamentary election Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results