Ghanaian presidential election, 1979
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18 June 1979 (first round) 9 July 1979 (second round) |
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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 Limann | People's National Party | 631,559 | 35.32 | 1,118,305 | 62.0 |
Victor Owusu | Popular Front Party | 533,928 | 29.86 | 686,097 | 38.0 |
William Ofori Atta | United National Convention | 311,265 | 17.41 | |
Frank Bernasko | Action Congress Party | 167,775 | 9.38 |
Ibrahim Mahama | Social Democratic Front | 66,445 | 3.72 |
John Bilson | Third Force Party | 49,104 | 2.75 |
R. P. Baffour | Independent | 8,812 | 0.49 |
Kwame Nyanteh | Independent | 8,480 | 0.47 |
Mark Diamond Addy | Independent | 5,959 | 0.33 |
Imoru Ayarna | Independent | 4,874 | 0.27 |
Total | 1,788,209 | 100 | 1,804,402 | 100 |
Source: Nohlen et al. |
Parliament
Results by region
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Central |
Accra |
Eastern |
Ashanti |
Brong-Ahafo |
Volta |
North |
Upper |
Western |
Total |
People's National Party |
8 |
6 |
11 |
2 |
2 |
11 |
7 |
15 |
9 |
71 |
Popular Front Party |
0 |
1 |
6 |
19 |
10 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
42 |
United National Convention |
0 |
3 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
13 |
Action Congress Party |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
10 |
Social Democratic Front |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
Independents |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
Total |
15 |
10 |
21 |
22 |
13 |
16 |
14 |
16 |
13 |
140 |
Source: [2] |
References
- ↑ Nohlen, D, Krennerich, M & Thibaut, B (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p438
ISBN 0-19-829645-2
- 1 2 Jeffries, Richard (July 1980). "The Ghanaian Elections of 1979". African Affairs. 79 (3): 401. JSTOR 722047.