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1979 Ghanaian general election

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Field	Value
country	Ghana
module	{{Infobox election
embed	yes
election_name	Presidential election
type	presidential
previous_election	1960 Ghanaian presidential election
previous_year	1960
next_election	1992 Ghanaian presidential election
next_year	1992
election_date	18 June 1979 (first round)
9 July 1979 (second round)
image1	Hilla Limann (cropped).jpg
nominee1	Hilla Limann
party1	PNP
popular_vote1	1,118,305
percentage1	61.98%
image2	3x4.svg
nominee2	Victor Owusu
party2	PFP
popular_vote2	686,097
percentage2	38.02%
color2	132F7A
map_image	1979 Ghanaian presidential election (percentage by region).svg
map_caption	Results by region
title	President
before_election	Jerry John Rawlings
before_party	Military
posttitle	President-elect
after_election	Hilla Limann
after_party	PNP
module	{{Infobox legislative election
election_name	Parliamentary election
embed	yes
previous_election	[1969](1969-ghanaian-parliamentary-election)
next_election	[1992](1992-ghanaian-parliamentary-election)
election_date	18 June 1979
majority_seats	71
seats_for_election	All 140 seats in Parliament
noleader	yes
first_election	yes
party1	People's National Party
percentage1	36.44
seats1	71
party2	Popular Front Party
percentage2	30.60
color2	#132F7A
seats2	42
party3	United National Convention
percentage3	17.51
seats3	13
party4	Action Congress Party
color4	#2E8B57
percentage4	8.84
seats4	10
party5	Social Democratic Front
percentage5	3.90
seats5	3
party6	Independents
percentage6	0.91
seats6	1

9 July 1979 (second round)

General elections were held in Ghana on 18 June 1979, with a second round of the presidential election on 9 July 1979. The presidential election resulted in victory for Hilla Limann of the People's National Party, who received 62% of the vote in the run-off, whilst his PNP won 71 of the 140 seats in Parliament. According to one scholar, the elections were conducted "in as free and fair a manner as might be considered humanly possible under local conditions" and the losing candidates publicly accepted defeat. Around 5,070,000 people were registered to vote.

The Electoral Commissioner during the elections was Joseph Kingsley-Nyinah, an Appeal Court Judge who was appointed by the Supreme Military Council (SMC). Although the SMC was overthrown on 4 June 1979, the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council military government which replaced it allowed the elections to proceed just two weeks later.

Results

President

Parliament

Seats won by region

Party	Central	Accra	Eastern	Ashanti	Brong-Ahafo	Volta	North	Upper	Western	Total
People's National Party	8	6	11	2	2	11	7	15	9	71
Popular Front Party	0	1	6	19	10	0	4	1	1	42
United National Convention	0	3	4	1	0	5	0	0	0	13
Action Congress Party	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	10
Social Democratic Front	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	3
Independents	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Total	15	10	21	22	13	16	14	16	13	140
Source: Jeffries

References

[[Dieter Nohlen]], Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) ''Elections in Africa: A data handbook'', p438 {{ISBN. 0-19-829645-2
(July 1980). "The Ghanaian Elections of 1979". African Affairs.
(25 April 2014). "Profile of Alan John Kwadwo Kyerematen, the Next NPP Flagbearer".

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