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The People's Action Party (PAP) was a
political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology ...
in
Ghana Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and To ...
during the Second Republic (1969-1972). In elections held on 29 August 1969, the PAP won 2 out of 140 seats in the National Assembly. The party's leader was
Imoru Ayarna Imoru Ayarna (c. 1917 – 11 July 2015) was a Ghanaian businessman and politician. He was the founder and leader of the erstwhile People's Action Party in Ghana. 1969 parliamentary election Ayarna formed the PAP after the ban on party politics ...
.Daniel Miles McFarland, ''Historical Dictionary of Ghana'', 1985, p. 146


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