Ghanaian general election, 1979

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General elections were held in Ghana on 18 June 1979, with a second round of the presidential election on 9 July 1979. The presidential election resulted in victory for Hilla Limann of the People's National Party, who received 62.0% of the votes in the run-off,[1] whilst his PNP won 71 of the 140 seats in Parliament. According to one scholar, the elections were conducted "in as free and fair a manner as might be considered humanly possible under local conditions" and the losing candidates publicly accepted defeat.[2]

Results

President

Candidate Party First round Second round
Votes % Votes %
Hilla LimannPeople's National Party631,55935.321,118,30562.0
Victor OwusuPopular Front Party533,92829.86686,09738.0
William Ofori AttaUnited National Convention311,26517.41
Frank BernaskoAction Congress Party167,7759.38
Ibrahim MahamaSocial Democratic Front66,4453.72
John BilsonThird Force Party49,1042.75
R. P. BaffourIndependent8,8120.49
Kwame NyantehIndependent8,4800.47
Mark Diamond AddyIndependent5,9590.33
Imoru AyarnaIndependent4,8740.27
Total1,788,2091001,804,402100
Source: Nohlen et al.

Parliament

Party Votes % Seats
People's National Party645,08036.4471
Popular Front Party541,65930.6042
United National Convention310,06217.5113
Action Congress Party156,4848.8410
Social Democratic Front69,0523.903
Third Force Party31,8871.800
Independents16,1650.911
Total1,770,379100140
Source: African Elections Database

See also

References

  1. ↑ Nohlen, D, Krennerich, M & Thibaut, B (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p438 ISBN 0-19-829645-2
  2. ↑ Jeffries, Richard (July 1980). "The Ghanaian Elections of 1979". African Affairs. 79 (3): 401.
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