People's Heritage Party Explained

People's Heritage Party
Leader:	Emmanuel Erskine
Foundation:	1992
Ideology:	Nkrumaism African nationalism African socialism
Country:	Ghana
Merged:	People's Convention Party (with National Independence Party in 1993)

The People's Heritage Party (PHP) was a political party in Ghana.^[1]

Formation

The PHP was one of the eight political parties formed when the ban on party politics was lifted in 1992 in Ghana. It claimed to follow the Nkrumahist philosophy.^[2]

Elections

The PHP did not win any seats in the Ghanaian parliamentary election in 1992. This was the first and only parliamentary election that it participated. Its candidate in the 1992 Ghanaian presidential election in 1992 was Lt. Gen. Emmanuel Erskine. He came last out of the five candidates with 1.7% of the total vote.^[3]

Merger

In 1993, the PHP merged with the National Independence Party, another party that followed Nkrumah's ideology to form the People's Convention Party.^[4]

See also

• Convention People's Party

References

1. Ninsin . Kwame A. . 2006 . Introduction: The Contradictions and Ironies of Elections in Africa . Africa Development . en . 31 . 3 . 1–10 . 0850-3907.
2. 2010 . Political Context Study - Ghana . Political Context Study . 13 . 14 . 41 . University of Oslo.
3. December 12, 2012 . Ghana Presidential And Parilamentary Elections . Report of the Commonwealth Observer Group . 3 . 1 . 53 . Commonwealth Secretariat.
4. Web site: About this Collection Country Studies Digital Collections Library of Congress . 2023-01-07 . Library of Congress.