Togoland Congress Explained

Togoland Congress Organisation
Leader:S. G. Antor[1]
Foundation:1951
Ideology:Ewe nationalism
Country:Ghana
Native Name:Organisation de congrès au Togoland
Dissolution:1957
Merged:United Party
Seats1 Title:1954 elections
Seats1:3
Seats2:2

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

ElectionNumber of TC votesShare of votesSeats+/-PositionOutcome of election
195620,3522.92%214thMinority in parliament[3]
195425,2143.57%33rdMinority in parliament[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Verandah Boys versus Reactionary Lawyers: Nationalist Activism in Ghana, 1946–1956.
  2. Daniel Miles McFarland, Historical Dictionary of Ghana, 1985, p. 173
  3. [Dieter Nohlen]
  4. [Dolf Sternberger]