Ghanaian presidential election, 1979
- Ghanaian presidential election, 1979
The Ghanaian presidential elections were held on 18 June 1979 with a second ballot on 9 July 1979.
Parliamentary elections were held on the same day.
There were ten candidates in the first round of elections on 18 June 1979.
A second round was contested between the first two candidates from the first round as no one had secured at least 50% of the total votes cast.
The original list of candidates were:
*Dr. Hilla Limann (People's National Party)
* Victor Owusu (Popular Front Party)
* William Ofori Atta (United National Convention)
* Frank Bernasko (Action Congress Party)
* Alhaji Ibrahim Mahama (Social Democratic Front)
* Dr. John Bilson (Third Force Party)
* Dr. R. P. Baffour
* Kwame Nyanteh
* Mark Diamond Addy
* Alhaji Ayannah
Results
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* [http://africanelections.tripod.com/gh.html#2004_Presidential_Election African Elections Database]
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