The Togolese Party of Progress (, PTP) was a political party in

Togo Togo, officially the Togolese Republic, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Ghana to Ghana–Togo border, the west, Benin to Benin–Togo border, the east and Burkina Faso to Burkina Faso–Togo border, the north. It is one of the le ...

History

The party was established by

Nicolas Grunitzky Nicolas Grunitzky (; 5 April 1913 – 27 September 1969) was the second president of Togo and its third head of state. He was President from 1963 to 1967. Grunitzky was Prime Minister of Togo from 1956 to 1958 under the French Colonial '' loi c ...

, Pedro Olympio and Dermane Ayéva in 1946, becoming the second party in Togo.Renate Helm (2004) ''Politische Herrschaft in Togo: das Problem der Demokratisierung'', LIT Verlag Münster, p62 Its formation was encouraged by the French authorities, who were concerned about the anti-French attitude of the Committee of Togolese Unity (CUT). Grunitzky stood as the PTP candidate for the November 1946 French National Assembly elections, but was defeated by Martin Aku of the CUT. In the Representative Assembly elections in December the party won just one of the 24 African seats.Démocratie coloniale et mascarades électorales au Togo
Centre d’Etude d’Afrique Noire - Institut d’études politiques de Bordeaux By the early 1950s the party had increased in popularity; in the 1951 Representative Assembly elections it won 11 of the 24 seats, whilst in the 1951 French elections Grunitzky defeated Aku. He was subsequently re-elected unopposed in the

1956 elections The following elections occurred in the year 1956. Africa * 1956 Gold Coast legislative election * 1956 Italian Somaliland parliamentary election * 1956–1957 Kenyan legislative election * 1956 Nyasaland general election Asia * 1956 Burmese gene ...

. The PTP won six of the 30 seats in the 1952 Territorial Assembly elections with 25% of the vote. In 1954 a split in the party led to the formation of the

Togolese People's Movement The Togolese People's Movement (, MPT) was a political party in Togo between 1954 and 1967. History The party was established on 16 August 1954 following a split in the Togolese Party of Progress over the sacking of John Atayi. The MPT received ...

. In the 1955 elections the party's vote share increased to 45%, as it won 15 seats, with its ally, the

Union of Chiefs and Peoples of the North The Union of Chiefs and Peoples of the North (, UCPN) was a political party in Togo Togo, officially the Togolese Republic, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Ghana to Ghana–Togo border, the west, Benin to Benin–Togo border, t ...

(UCPN), winning the other 15. However, it was reduced to three seats in the

1958 elections The following elections occurred in the year 1958. Africa * 1958 French Togoland parliamentary election * 1958 Nigerien Constituent Assembly election * 1958 South African general election * 1958 Southern Rhodesian general election * 1958 Sudanese ...

. In October 1959 the party merged with the UCPN to form the

Democratic Union of the Togolese People The Democratic Union of the Togolese People (, UDPT) was a political party in Togo. History The party was established in October 1959 by a merger of the Togolese Party of Progress and the Union of Chiefs and Peoples of the North,Renate Helm (200 ...

.Helm, p63

References

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