The Action Congress Party (ACP) was a
political party
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in
Ghana
Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in Ghana–Ivory Coast border, the west, Burkina ...
during the Third Republic (1979-1981).
In elections held on 18 June 1979, ACP presidential candidate,
Frank Bernasko, won 9.4% of the vote and the party won 10 of 140 seats in the National Assembly.
Following the
coup d'état
A coup d'état (; French for 'stroke of state'), also known as a coup or overthrow, is a seizure and removal of a government and its powers. Typically, it is an illegal seizure of power by a political faction, politician, cult, rebel group, ...
of 31 December 1981, the
Provisional National Defence Council
The Provisional National Defence Council (PNDC) was the name of the Ghanaian government after the People's National Party's elected government was overthrown by Jerry Rawlings, the former head of the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council, in a cou ...
took over government and banned all political parties including the ACP.
References
1979 establishments in Ghana
1981 disestablishments in Ghana
Defunct political parties in Ghana
Political parties disestablished in 1981
Political parties established in 1979
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