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{{Short description|Former political party in Ghana}}
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The '''Popular Front Party (PFP)''' was the main opposition [[political party]] in [[Ghana]] during the Third Republic (1979–1981).

In elections held on 18 June 1979, PFP presidential candidate [[Victor Owusu]] won 29.9% of the vote and the party won 42 of 140 seats in the National Assembly. Owusu was defeated by [[People's National Party (Ghana)|People's National Party]] (PNP) candidate [[Hilla Limann]], 38%-62%, in a 9 July [[Two-round system|run-off]] election.

It was a center-right party, considered as an offshoot of the [[United Gold Coast Convention]], which effectively evolved into the [[United Party (Ghana)|United Party]] in the late 1950s and the [[Progress Party (Ghana)|Progress Party]] in the late 1960s,
  
The '''Popular Front Party''' merged with other parties and became the  [[All People's Party (Ghana)|All People's Party]] in the early 1980s, before evolving into the current [[New Patriotic Party]].

==Notable members==
*[[Nana Kofi Obiri Egyir II]] - party treasurer<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.ghananewsagency.org/politics/oguaa-hails-appointment-of-sanaahen-as-council-member-113465|title=Oguaa hails appointment of Sanaahen as Council Member|access-date=2017-12-13}}</ref>

==References==
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{{Ghanaian political parties}}
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[[Category:Defunct political parties in Ghana]]
[[Category:Political parties established in 1979]]
[[Category:1979 in Ghana]]
[[Category:Political parties disestablished in 1981]]


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