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List of MPs elected in the 1969 Ghanaian parliamentary election

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The election of Members of Parliament (MPs) to the Parliament of the Second Republic was held on 29 August 1969.[1]

Seats composition

Affiliation Members
Progress Party (PP) 105
National Alliance of Liberals (NAL) 29
United Nationalist Party (UNP) 2
People's Action Party (PAP) 2
All People's Republican Party (APRP) 1
Independent (Ind) 1
 Total 140
 Government Majority 76

List of MPs elected in the general election

The following table is a list of MPs elected on 29 August 1969, ordered by region and constituency.


Table of contents:

Ashanti RegionBrong Ahafo RegionCentral RegionEastern RegionGreater Accra Region
Northern RegionUpper RegionVolta RegionWestern Region
Postponed pollsChangesBy-electionsNotes and ReferencesSee alsoExternal links and sources

Ashanti Region - 22 seats

Constituency Elected MP Elected Party Majority
Atwima Nwabagya John Kufuor[2] PP
Victor Owusu PP
Atwima Amansie Kofi Gyemfi[3] PP
Mampong North Akwasi Afrifa PP
Reginald Reynolds Amponsah PP
Amansie West Ohene Buabeng PP
PP
PP
PP
PP
PP
PP
PP
PP
PP
PP
PP
PP
PP
PP
PP
PP

Brong Ahafo Region - 13 seats

Constituency Elected MP Elected Party Majority
Wenchi East Kofi Abrefa Busia PP
Joseph Henry Mensah PP
PP
PP
PP
PP
PP
PP
PP
PP
PP
PP
PP

Central Region - 15 seats

Constituency Elected MP Elected Party Majority
PP
PP
PP
PP
PP
PP
PP
PP
PP
PP
PP
PP
PP
PP
PP

Eastern Region - 22 seats

Constituency Elected MP Elected Party Majority
William Ofori Atta PP
PP
PP
PP
PP
PP
PP
PP
PP
PP
PP
PP
PP
PP
PP
PP
PP
PP
NAL
NAL
NAL
NAL

Greater Accra Region - 9 seats

Constituency Elected MP Elected Party Majority
PP
PP
PP
NAL
NAL
NAL
UNP
UNP
Ind

Northern Region - 14 seats

Constituency Elected MP Elected Party Majority
PP
PP
PP
PP
PP
PP
PP
PP
PP
NAL
NAL
NAL
NAL
NAL

Upper Region -16 seats

Constituency Elected MP Elected Party Majority
Simeon Deodong Dombo PP
PP
PP
PP
PP
PP
PP
PP
PP
PP
PP
PP
PP
NAL
NAL
NAL

Volta Region - 16 seats

Constituency Elected MP Elected Party Majority
PP
PP
NAL
NAL
NAL
NAL
NAL
NAL
NAL
NAL
NAL
NAL
NAL
NAL
NAL
NAL

Western Region - 13 seats

Constituency Elected MP Elected Party Majority
Jomoro District Amenlamah PP
PP
PP
PP
PP
PP
PP
PP
PP
PP
PAP
PAP
APRP

Unknown Region

Constituency Elected MP Elected Party Majority
Patrick Dankwa Anin PP

By-elections

  • Mampong North constituency - Following the execution of Akwasi Afrifa (UNC) on the 26 June 1979, a by-election was organised leading to the election of Ebenezer Augustus Kwasi Akuoko as his replacement. Afrifa never had the opportunity to take up his seat in parliament on 24 September 1979.

See also

Notes and references

  1. ^ "Elections in Ghana - 29 August 1969 National Assembly Election". African Elections Database. Albert C. Nunley. Retrieved 2010-07-22.
  2. ^ "Ghana: the real Kufuor; A new biography of President John Agyekum Kufuor--Between Faith and History--written by Ivor Agyeman-Duah, reveals the man behind the man at the helm in Accra. Osei Boateng has been reading it". TheFreeLibrary.com. 2004. Retrieved 2010-10-03.
  3. ^ Kojo Sebastian Amanor (2006). "Family values, land sales and agricultural commodification in Ghana" (PDF). L'Institut de recherche pour le développement. Retrieved 2010-07-24. {{cite web}}: line feed character in |publisher= at position 24 (help)

Further reading

  • Agyeman-Duah, Ivan (2004). Between Faith and History: A Biography of J.A. Kufuor. Africa Research & Publications. ISBN 978-1-59221-128-9.