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People's Action Party (Ghana)

This article is about the People's Action Party of the 2nd Republic. For the People's Action Party of the 4th Republic, see People's Action Party, Ghana.

The People's Action Party (PAP) was a political party in Ghana 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.[1][2]

Election results

The party was one of five to contest the 1969 Ghanaian parliamentary election.[3] The party won two seats in the Western Region of Ghana. These were the Nzema West constituency which was won by Francis Asuah Amalemah[4] and the Nzema East seat won by Timothy Amihere Mensah[5][6] Imoru Ayarna himself also contested the elections but did not win a seat.[2]

Parliamentary elections

Election Number of PAP votes Share of votes Seats +/- Position Outcome
1969 51,125 3.40% 2 Increase Increase 4th Opposition

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.[7]

References

  1. ^ Daniel Miles McFarland, Historical Dictionary of Ghana, 1985, p. 146
  2. ^ a b "Imoro Ayarna is dead". GhanaWeb. 13 July 2015. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
  3. ^ "GHANA" (PDF). ipu.org. Inter-Parliamentary Union. pp. 70–71. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
  4. ^ Ghana Parliamentary Register 1969-70. Office of the National Assembly, Accra. 1969. p. 153.
  5. ^ Ghana Parliamentary Register 1969-70. Ghana: Office of the National Assembly, Accra. 1969. p. 241.
  6. ^ Parliamentary Debates. Ghana: Ghana Publishing Corporation. 1970.
  7. ^ "The National Liberation Council and the Busia Years". ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 9 April 2025.