Togoland Congress
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Togoland Congress Organisation Organisation de congrès au Togoland | |
|---|---|
| Leader | S. G. Antor[1] |
| Founded | 1951 |
| Dissolved | 1957 |
| Merged into | United Party |
| Ideology | Ewe nationalism |
| 1954 elections | 3 |
| 1956 elections | 2 |
The Togoland Congress (TCP) was a political party formed in 1951 which had won three seats in the Gold Coast elections of April 1954 and two seats in the July 1956 elections, but did not survive for long afterwards. The Togoland Congress's goal was to campaign for the unification of the Ewe people in British Togoland and French Togoland as a separate Ewe state; however the party yet again failed in the May 1956 UN plebiscite held in British Togoland, which had resulted in the unification of British Togoland and the Gold Coast.[2]
Parliamentary elections
[edit]| Election | Number of TC votes | Share of votes | Seats | +/- | Position | Outcome of election |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | 20,352 | 2.92% | 2 |  1
|
4th
|
Minority in parliament[3] |
| 1954 | 25,214 | 3.57% | 3 | 3rd | Minority in parliament[4] |
References
[edit]- ^ "Verandah Boys versus Reactionary Lawyers: Nationalist Activism in Ghana, 1946–1956" (PDF).
- ^ Daniel Miles McFarland, Historical Dictionary of Ghana, 1985, p. 173
- ^ Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p435 ISBN 0-19-829645-2
- ^ Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1969) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Erster Halbband, p786
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