1979 Ghanaian general election












Ghanaian presidential election, 1979






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Nominee
Hilla Limann
Victor Owusu
Party
PNP
PFP
Popular vote
 1,118,305
 533,928
Percentage
 62.0%
 38.0%







President before election

Jerry John Rawlings
Military
President-elect

Hilla Limann
PNP




























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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]




Contents






  • 1 Results


    • 1.1 President


    • 1.2 Parliament


      • 1.2.1 Results by region






  • 2 See also


  • 3 References





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


























































Party
 Votes
 %
 Seats
People's National Party 645,080 36.44 71
Popular Front Party 541,659 30.60 42
United National Convention 310,062 17.51 13
Action Congress Party 156,484 8.84 10
Social Democratic Front 69,052 3.90 3
Third Force Party 31,887 1.80 0
Independents 16,165 0.91 1
Total 1,770,379 100
140
Source: African Elections Database


Results by region


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]


See also


  • MPs elected in the Ghanaian parliamentary election, 1979


References





  1. ^ Nohlen, D, Krennerich, M & Thibaut, B (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p438 .mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
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  2. ^ ab Jeffries, Richard (July 1980). "The Ghanaian Elections of 1979". African Affairs. 79 (3): 401. JSTOR 722047.










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