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Ghanaian parliamentary election, 1969

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Ghanaian parliamentary election, 1969

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, and the first relatively free election in the country's history.

The election was to select members for the 140 seat legislative body. Kofi Abrefa Busia, the leader of the Progress Party (which won 105 of the 140 seats) became the Prime Minister of Ghana. There were no presidential elections. Instead, a figurehead president, Edward Akufo-Addo, was elected by an electoral college.

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