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Another new constitution was promulgated in 1954, followed by elections the same year, also won by the CPP. Following another convincing election victory by Nkrumah's party in 1956, Gold Coast became the first sub-Saharan African state to gain independence (aside from apartheid South Africa) on 6 March 1957, changing its name to Ghana.
The 1951 election was the first in Africa to be held under universal suffrage. In the 1927 Gold Coast general election, four of the nine Africans elected on the Legislative Council were J. E. Casely Hayford [3] (Sekondi), John Glover Addo [4] (Accra), Kobina Arku Korsah [5] (Cape Coast) and Nana Ofori Atta [2] for the Western Province.
The presidential election is won by having more than 50% of valid votes cast, [3] whilst the parliamentary elections is won by simple majority, and, as is predicted by Duverger's law, the voting system has encouraged Ghanaian politics into a two-party system, creating extreme difficulty for anybody attempting to achieve electoral success under any banner other than those of the two dominant ...
Pages in category "Elections in Ghana" The following 29 pages are in this category, out of 29 total. ... 1946 Gold Coast general election; 1951 Gold Coast general ...
Germany: 1951 Rhineland-Palatinate state election; 1951 Greek legislative election; 1951 Irish general election; 1951 Luxembourg general election; 1951 Maltese general election; 1951 Norwegian local elections; 1951 Soviet Union regional elections; United Kingdom 1951 United Kingdom general election; List of MPs elected in the 1951 United ...
A new constitution was formed in 1951 which conferred on the country a self-governing status. The United Gold Coast Convention (UGCC) was the first native political party in the Gold Coast. [14] General elections were held in 1951. The election was the first in Africa to be held under universal suffrage. [15]
1944, March 24- Nana Akufo-Addo, President of the republic of Ghana. [27] 1947, June 22 - John Jerry Rawlings, former president of the republic of Ghana. [28] 1958, November 29 - John Dramani Mahama, president of Ghana, [29] as successor to President John Atta Mills after his demise. 1963, October 7 - Mahamudu Bawumia, the vice president of ...
In the February 1951 legislative election, the first general election to be held under universal franchise in colonial Africa, the CPP was elected in a landslide. [99] The CPP secured 34 of the 38 seats contested on a party basis, with Nkrumah elected for his Accra constituency. The UGCC won three seats, and one was taken by an independent.