1960 Ghanaian presidential election
1960 Ghanaian presidential election
1960 Ghanaian presidential election
Presidential elections were held for the first time in Ghana on 27 April 1960. The elections were held
alongside a referendum on creating a republic with an executive presidency. The winner of the
elections would become the country's first president if the new republican constitution was passed,
which it did.
Results
Elected
President
Kwame
Nkrumah
CPP
Candidate Party Votes %
Aftermath
After winning the election, and the passing of the new constitution in the simultaneous referendum,
Nkrumah was inaugurated on 1 July 1960, replacing Governor-General William Hare as head of
state. Danquah was imprisoned the following year under the Preventive Detention Act, but only held
for a year. On his release, he was elected President of the Ghana Bar Association. He was
imprisoned again in 1964 and died in jail.
Four years later, another referendum strengthened Nkrumah's powers and turned the country into a
one-party state (with an official result of 99.91% in support).
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