1979 Ghanaian General Election
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General elections were held in
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on 18 June 1979, with a second round of the presidential election on 9 July 1979. The presidential election resulted in victory for
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of the
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, who received 62% of the vote in the run-off,
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, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) ''Elections in Africa: A data handbook'', p438 whilst his PNP won 71 of the 140 seats in
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. 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. Around 5,070,000 people were registered to vote. The Electoral Commissioner during the elections was Joseph Kingsley-Nyinah, an Appeal Court Judge who was appointed by the Supreme Military Council (SMC). Although the SMC was overthrown on 4 June 1979, the
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military government which replaced it allowed the elections to proceed just two weeks later.


Results


President


Parliament


Seats won by region


See also

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List of MPs elected in the 1979 Ghanaian parliamentary election The election of Members of Parliament (MPs) to the Parliament of the Third Republic was held on 18 June 1979. Current composition List of MPs elected in the general election The following table is a list of MPs elected on 18 June 1979, ordere ...


References

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Ghana Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It is situated along the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, and shares borders with Côte d’Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, and Togo to t ...
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