The Togolese People's Movement (french: Mouvement Populaire Togolais, MPT) was a political party in
Togo
Togo (), officially the Togolese Republic (french: République togolaise), is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Ghana to the west, Benin to the east and Burkina Faso to the north. It extends south to the Gulf of Guinea, where its c ...
between 1954 and 1967.
History
The party was established on 16 August 1954 following a split in the
Togolese Party of Progress
The Togolese Party of Progress (french: Parti togolais du progrès, PTP) was a political party in Togo.
History
The party was established by Nicolas Grunitzky, Pedro Olympio and Dermane Ayéva in 1946, becoming the second party in Togo.Renate Hel ...
over the sacking of John Atayi. The MPT received 1.4% of the vote in the
1955 Territorial Assembly elections, failing to win a seat. Its vote share fell to 0.3% in the
1958 elections, again failing to win a seat.
Following the
1963 coup, the MPT was one of four to form the Reconciliation and National Union, a single electoral list to contest the
elections
An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual or multiple individuals to hold public office.
Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has operate ...
later that year, with each party holding 14 seats. Its leader
Nicolas Grunitzky
Nicolas Grunitzky (; 5 April 1913 – 27 September 1969) was the second president of Togo and its third head of state. He was President from 1963 to 1967. Grunitzky was Prime Minister of Togo from 1956 to 1958 under the French Colonial ''loi ...
was the sole presidential candidate.
Elections in Togo
African Elections Database
However, following another coup in 1967, the party was dissolved.[Kenneth Janda (1980]
Political Parties: A Cross-National Survey
The Free Press, pp943–944
Electoral history
Presidential elections
National Assembly elections
References
{{Togolese political parties
Defunct political parties in Togo
Political parties established in 1954
1954 establishments in French Togoland
Political parties disestablished in 1967
1967 disestablishments in Togo