The Togoland Congress (TCP) was a political party formed in 1951 which had won three seats in the Gold Coast elections of April 1954 and two seats in the July 1956 elections, but did not survive for long afterwards. The Togoland Congress's goal was to campaign for the

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of the

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and

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as a separate Ewe state; however the party yet again failed in the May 1956 UN plebiscite held in

, which had resulted in the unification of British Togoland and the Gold Coast.Daniel Miles McFarland, ''Historical Dictionary of Ghana'', 1985, p. 173 The symbol of the party was a five pointed star in yellow on a white background.

Parliamentary elections

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1951 establishments in Gold Coast (British colony) British Togoland Defunct political parties in Ghana Political parties disestablished in 1956 Political parties established in 1951 {{Ghana-party-stub