Ghanaian parliamentary election, 1965

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Parliamentary elections were held in Ghana in 1965. As the country was a one-party state at the time, no parties except President Kwame Nkrumah's Convention People's Party (CPP), were allowed to participate.

Background

Due to a constitutional amendment passed in a referendum the previous year, the CPP had become the sole legal party. It was the first vote for the country's parliament since the pre-independence 1956 legislative elections; Nkrumah's victory in the 1960 constitutional referendum was taken as a fresh mandate from the people and the terms of National Assembly members were extended for another five years.

Results

As Ghana was now a one-party state, all 198 MPs representing the CPP were elected unopposed.^[1]

Aftermath

Nkrumah was overthrown in a coup in February 1966, the CPP was dissolved, and the constitution suspended. Multi-party politics was restored by the time of the next elections in 1969.

References

Elections and referendums in Ghana
Presidential elections	1960 1979 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016
Parliamentary elections	1925 1939 1946 1951 1954 1956 1965 1969 1979 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016
Referendums	1956* 1960 1964 1978 1992
* British Togoland only