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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.
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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.
Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
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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 |
Party | Ashanti | Brong Ahafo | Central | Eastern | Greater Accra | Northern | Upper | Volta | Western | Total Seats | |
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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 |
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