Parliamentary appointments were held in
Ghana
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in 1965. As the country was a
one-party state
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at the time, no parties except
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Kwame Nkrumah
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's
Convention People's Party
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(CPP), were allowed to participate. All candidates were appointed by the President and his party.
Background
Due to a constitutional amendment passed by the CPP majority and
a referendum the previous year, the CPP had become the sole legal party. All other parties were banned. It was the first vote for the country's
parliament
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since the pre-independence
1956 legislative elections; Nkrumah's victory in the
1960 constitutional referendum was taken by the President and his party as a fresh mandate from the people and the terms of National Assembly members were extended for another five years.
Results
As Ghana was now a one-party state, all 198 MPs representing the CPP were appointed by the president and elected unopposed.
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Parliament of Ghana
Aftermath
Nkrumah was overthrown in a coup in February 1966, the CPP was dissolved, and the constitution suspended. The conversion of the country's governance system was one of the major reasons for the 1966 coup. Multi-party politics was restored by the time of the next elections in 1969.
See also
* List of the CPP MPs appointed in the 1965 Ghanaian parliamentary election
References
Elections in Ghana
Ghana
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Parliamentary
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One-party elections
Single-candidate elections
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