The People's Action Party (PAP) was a
political party
A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular area'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, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It is situated along the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, and shares borders with Côte d’Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, and Togo to t ...
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 and founder 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 ...
.
Election results
The party was one of five to contest the
1969 Ghanaian parliamentary election. The party won two seats in the Western Region of Ghana. These were the Nzema West constituency which was won by
Francis Asuah Amalemah and the Nzema East seat won by
Timothy Amihere Mensah Imoru Ayarna himself also contested the elections but did not win a seat.
Parliamentary elections
Merger
In October 1970, the PAP together with the
National Alliance of Liberals (NAL) and the
United Nationalist Party (UNP) merged to form the
Justice Party to provide a unified opposition in parliament.
References
Defunct political parties in Ghana
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