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The Ghanaian parliamentary election was held on 29 August 1969. This was the first parliamentary election since the 1966 coup by the National Liberation Council which toppled the Nkrumah government. The election was to select members for the 140 seat legislative body. The leader of the Progress Party which won the most seats Kofi Abrefa Busia, became the Prime Minister of Ghana. There were no presidential elections. There was to be a ceremonial president elected by an electoral college.
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Results
Approximately 2.36 million people were registerd for the elections.
Parliamentary election results |
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats |
| Progress Party | — | 58.7% | 105 |
| National Alliance of Liberals | — | 30.4% | 29 |
| United Nationalist Party | — | 3.8% | 2 |
| People’s Action Party | — | 3.4% | 2 |
| All People's Republican Party | — | 1.8% | 1 |
| Independent | — | 1.8% | 1 |
| National Total | 2.3 million (approx.) | 100% | 140 |
| Sources: Africa Elections Database | |||
Results by region |
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| Party | Ashanti | Brong Ahafo | Central | Eastern | Greater Accra | Northern | Upper | Volta | Western | Total Seats | |
| Progress Party | 22 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 10 | 105 | |
| National Alliance of Liberals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 29 | |
| United Nationalist Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| People's Action Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| All People's Republican Party | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Independents | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| National Total | 22 | 13 | 15 | 22 | 9 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 140 | |
| Source: Elections in Africa. A Data Handbook. Oxford University Press. 1999 | |||||||||||
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