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{{Infobox political party<br />
| name = Action Congress Party<br />
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| colorcode = #2E8B57<br />
| leader = [[Frank Bernasko]]<br />
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| founder = [[Frank Bernasko]]<br />
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| founded = 1979<!-- {{Start date|YYYY|MM|DD}} --><br />
| dissolved = {{End date|1981|12|31}}<br />
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| seats1_title = [[Ghanaian parliamentary election, 1979|1979 National Assembly Election]]<br />
| seats1 = {{Composition bar|10|140|hex=#2E8B57}}<br />
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| state = Ghana<br />
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The '''Action Congress Party (ACP)''' was a [[political party]] in [[Ghana]] during the Third Republic (1979-1981).<br />
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In elections held on 18 June 1979, ACP presidential candidate, [[Frank Bernasko]], won 9.4% of the vote<ref>{{cite web |url=http://africanelections.tripod.com/gh.html#1979_Presidential_Election |title=Elections in Ghana - June & July 1979 Presidential Election |accessdate=2010-08-26 |work=African Elections Database |publisher=Albert C. Nunley}}</ref> and the party won 10 of 140 seats in the National Assembly.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://africanelections.tripod.com/gh.html#1979_National_Assembly_Election |title=Elections in Ghana - 18 June 1979 National Assembly Election |accessdate=2010-08-26 |work=African Elections Database |publisher=Albert C. Nunley}}</ref><br />
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Following the [[coup d'état]] of 31 December 1981, the [[Provisional National Defence Council]] took over government and banned all political parties including the ACP.<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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{{Ghanaian political parties}}<br />
{{Authority control}}<br />
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[[Category:1979 establishments in Ghana]]<br />
[[Category:1981 disestablishments in Ghana]]<br />
[[Category:Defunct political parties in Ghana]]<br />
[[Category:Political parties disestablished in 1981]]<br />
[[Category:Political parties established in 1979]]<br />
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