Leader Emmanuel Erskine Headquarters Accra National affiliation Ghana | Founded 1992 Ideology Nkrumaism | |
Merged into People's Convention Party
(with National Independence Party
in 1993) | ||
The People's Heritage Party (PHP) was a political party in Ghana.
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Formation
The PHP was one of the eight political parties formed when the ban on party politics was lifted in 1992 in Ghana. It claimed to follow the Nkrumahist philosophy.
Elections
The PHP did not win any seats in the Ghanaian parliamentary election in 1992. This was the first and only parliamentary election that it participated. Its candidate in the Ghanaian presidential election, 1992 in 1992 was Lt. Gen. Emmanuel Erskine. He came last out of the five candidates with 1.7% of the total vote.
Merger
In 1993, the PHP merged with the National Independence Party, another party that followed Nkrumah's ideology to form the People's Convention Party.
References
People's Heritage Party Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA