1954 Gold Coast general election

1954 Gold Coast general election

← 1951 15 June 1954 1956 →

outgoing members elected members

All 104 seats in the Legislative Assembly 53 seats needed for a majority

Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– CPP Kwame Nkrumah 55.44 72 +38 NPP Simon Diedong Dombo 9.72 15 New GCP Kofi Abrefa Busia 4.55 1 −2 TCP Senyo Gatror Antor 3.57 3 New MAP Bankole Awoonor-Renner Cobina Kessie 3.00 1 New AYO Modesto Apaloo 1.59 1 New Independents – 22.13 11 +10 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

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General elections were held in the Gold Coast on 15 June 1954. The result was a victory for Kwame Nkrumah's Convention People's Party, which won 72 of the 104 seats.