1956 Gold Coast general election (original) (raw)
General elections were held in the Gold Coast (soon to become Ghana) on 17 July 1956. The result was a victory for Kwame Nkrumah's Convention People's Party, which won 71 of the 104 seats. A new constitution, approved on 29 April 1954, established a cabinet composed of African ministers drawn from an all-African legislature chosen by direct election. In the elections that followed, the Convention People's Party won the majority of seats in the new Legislative Assembly.
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| dbo:abstract | General elections were held in the Gold Coast (soon to become Ghana) on 17 July 1956. The result was a victory for Kwame Nkrumah's Convention People's Party, which won 71 of the 104 seats. A new constitution, approved on 29 April 1954, established a cabinet composed of African ministers drawn from an all-African legislature chosen by direct election. In the elections that followed, the Convention People's Party won the majority of seats in the new Legislative Assembly. (en) Die Wahlen zur Gesetzgebenden Versammlung der Goldküste 1956 wurden am 17. Juli abgehalten. Die Zahl der Wähler wird in Schätzungen mit ca. 1.390.000 angegeben. Insgesamt wurden bei diesen Wahlen 104 Sitze vergeben. Sieger der Wahl wurde die Convention People’s Party des späteren Premierministers Kwame Nkrumah. (de) Unas elecciones legislativas se llevaron a cabo en la colonia británica de Costa de Oro (actual República de Ghana) el 17 de julio de 1956, como parte del trato entre el Partido de la Convención Popular, de Kwame Nkrumah y el gobierno británico, de permitir la independencia de la colonia si su partido ganaba las elecciones. Efectivamente, el CPP obtuvo una mayoría calificada de más de dos tercios y el 57% del voto popular. Costa de Oro se independizó con el nombre de Ghana el 6 de marzo de 1957, con Nkrumah como jefe de gobierno. La participación fue, sin embargo, baja, con solo el 50.06% del electorado registrado presentando sufragio. (es) |
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| rdfs:comment | General elections were held in the Gold Coast (soon to become Ghana) on 17 July 1956. The result was a victory for Kwame Nkrumah's Convention People's Party, which won 71 of the 104 seats. A new constitution, approved on 29 April 1954, established a cabinet composed of African ministers drawn from an all-African legislature chosen by direct election. In the elections that followed, the Convention People's Party won the majority of seats in the new Legislative Assembly. (en) Die Wahlen zur Gesetzgebenden Versammlung der Goldküste 1956 wurden am 17. Juli abgehalten. Die Zahl der Wähler wird in Schätzungen mit ca. 1.390.000 angegeben. Insgesamt wurden bei diesen Wahlen 104 Sitze vergeben. Sieger der Wahl wurde die Convention People’s Party des späteren Premierministers Kwame Nkrumah. (de) Unas elecciones legislativas se llevaron a cabo en la colonia británica de Costa de Oro (actual República de Ghana) el 17 de julio de 1956, como parte del trato entre el Partido de la Convención Popular, de Kwame Nkrumah y el gobierno británico, de permitir la independencia de la colonia si su partido ganaba las elecciones. Efectivamente, el CPP obtuvo una mayoría calificada de más de dos tercios y el 57% del voto popular. Costa de Oro se independizó con el nombre de Ghana el 6 de marzo de 1957, con Nkrumah como jefe de gobierno. La participación fue, sin embargo, baja, con solo el 50.06% del electorado registrado presentando sufragio. (es) |
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