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
Hilla Limann, (12 December 1934 – 23 January 1998) was a Ghanaian diplomat and politician who served the President of Ghana from 24 September 1979 to 31 December 1981. He served as a diplomat in Lome, Togo and Geneva, Switzerland.
Education
...
of the
People's National Party, who received 62% of the votes in the run-off,
Dieter Nohlen
Dieter Nohlen (born 6 November 1939) is a German academic and political scientist. He currently holds the position of Emeritus Professor of Political Science in the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences of the University of Heidelberg. An expe ...
, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) ''Elections in Africa: A data handbook'', p438 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.
Around 5,070,000 people were registered to vote.
[
The Electoral Commissioner during the elections was ]Joseph Kingsley-Nyinah
Joseph Kwame Kingsley-Nyinah was a Ghanaian judge who served as a justice of the Court of Appeal and also as the Electoral Commissioner for Ghana.
Early life and education
Kingsley-Nyinah was born on 21 August 1922 at Akokuaso which is near Aki ...
, an Appeal Court Judge who was appointed by the Supreme Military Council (SMC).
Results
President
Parliament
Seats won by region
See also
* List of MPs elected in the 1979 Ghanaian parliamentary election
References
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