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% 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] Around 5,070,000 people were registered to vote.[1]
The Electoral Commissioner during the elections was Joseph Kingsley-Nyinah, an Appeal Court Judge who was appointed by the Supreme Military Council (SMC).[3] Although the SMC was overthrown on 4 June 1979, the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council military government which replaced it allowed the elections to proceed just two weeks later.
^ abJeffries, Richard (July 1980). "The Ghanaian Elections of 1979". African Affairs. 79 (3): 401. JSTOR 722047.
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1979, ghanaian, general, election, general, elections, were, held, ghana, june, 1979, with, second, round, presidential, election, july, 1979, presidential, election, resulted, victory, hilla, limann, people, national, party, received, votes, whilst, seats, pa. 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 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 Around 5 070 000 people were registered to vote 1 1979 Ghanaian general electionPresidential election 1960 18 June 1979 first round 9 July 1979 second round 1992 Nominee Hilla Limann Victor OwusuParty PNP PFPPopular vote 1 118 305 686 097Percentage 61 98 38 02 Results by regionPresident before electionJerry John RawlingsMilitary President elect Hilla LimannPNPThe Electoral Commissioner during the elections was Joseph Kingsley Nyinah an Appeal Court Judge who was appointed by the Supreme Military Council SMC 3 Although the SMC was overthrown on 4 June 1979 the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council military government which replaced it allowed the elections to proceed just two weeks later Contents 1 Results 1 1 President 1 2 Parliament 1 2 1 Seats won by region 2 See also 3 ReferencesResults EditPresident Edit CandidatePartyFirst roundSecond roundVotes Votes Hilla LimannPeople s National Party631 55935 321 118 30561 98Victor OwusuPopular Front Party533 92829 86686 09738 02William Ofori AttaUnited National Convention311 26517 41Frank BernaskoAction Congress Party167 7759 38Ibrahim MahamaSocial Democratic Front66 4453 72John BilsonThird Force Party49 1042 75R P BaffourIndependent8 8120 49Kwame NyantehIndependent8 4800 47Mark Diamond AddyIndependent5 9590 33Imoru AyarnaIndependent4 8740 27Total1 788 201100 001 804 402100 00Registered voters turnout5 070 000 Source Nohlen et al Parliament Edit PartyVotes SeatsPeople s National Party645 08036 4471Popular Front Party541 65930 6042United National Convention310 06217 5113Action Congress Party156 4848 8410Social Democratic Front69 0523 903Third Force Party31 8871 800Independents16 1650 911Total1 770 389100 00140Source African Elections DatabaseSeats won by region Edit Party Central Accra Eastern Ashanti Brong Ahafo Volta North Upper Western TotalPeople s National Party 8 6 11 2 2 11 7 15 9 71Popular Front Party 0 1 6 19 10 0 4 1 1 42United National Convention 0 3 4 1 0 5 0 0 0 13Action Congress Party 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 10Social Democratic Front 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3Independents 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1Total 15 10 21 22 13 16 14 16 13 140Source Jeffries 2 See also EditList of MPs elected in the 1979 Ghanaian parliamentary electionReferences Edit a b Dieter Nohlen Michael Krennerich amp Bernhard Thibaut 1999 Elections in Africa A data handbook p438 ISBN 0 19 829645 2 a b Jeffries Richard July 1980 The Ghanaian Elections of 1979 African Affairs 79 3 401 JSTOR 722047 Profile of Alan John Kwadwo Kyerematen the Next NPP Flagbearer VibeGhana 25 April 2014 Archived from the original on 29 April 2014 Retrieved 18 February 2022 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1979 Ghanaian general election amp oldid 1153337888, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
