General News of Friday, 19 June 2020Source: www.ghanaweb.comElection 2020: Evolution of Ghana’s Parliament since 1951File photo: Parliament HouseIt is common knowledge that Ghana’s democracy and electoral politics did not emerge out of a vacuum. 1954In 1954, there was another parliamentary election, this time the number of elective Legislative Assembly seats had expanded from 38 to 104. Another significant milestone in that particular parliamentary election was that for the first time a woman was elected to join the Legislative Assembly. It must be emphasized that no Parliamentary Election was held within this period as the existing Assembly was given another five-year term. The NDC won 189 seats, NCP won 8 seats, EGLE won 1 seat and 2 independent candidates.

Source: GhanaWeb June 19, 2020 09:45 UTC