People's Heritage Party

People's Heritage Party
Leader	Emmanuel Erskine
Founded	1992
Merged into	People's Convention Party (with National Independence Party in 1993)
Headquarters	Accra
National affiliation	Ghana

The People's Heritage Party (PHP) is a former political party in Ghana.

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.

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 Ghanaian presidential election, 1992 in 1992 was Lt. Gen. Emmanuel Erskine. He came last out of the five candidates with 1.7% of the total vote.

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.

Political parties in Ghana

Current parliament (275)	National Democratic Congress (146) New Patriotic Party (121) Independent (3) Convention People's Party (1) People's National Convention (1)

Pre-Independence (9)	Anlo Youth Organisation Convention People's Party Federation of Youth Organisation Ghana Congress Party Muslim Association Party National Liberation Movement Northern People's Party Togoland Congress United Gold Coast Convention

First Republic (2)	Convention People's Party United Party

Second Republic (6)	All People's Republican Party Justice Party National Alliance of Liberals People's Action Party Progress Party United Nationalist Party

Third Republic (7)	All People's Party Action Congress Party People's National Party Popular Front Party Social Democratic Front Third Force Party United National Convention

Fourth Republic (20)	Convention People's Party Democratic Freedom Party Democratic People's Party Every Ghanaian Living Everywhere Ghana Democratic Republican Party Great Consolidated Popular Party Ghana Freedom Party Ghana National Party Independent People's Party National Convention Party † National Democratic Congress National Democratic Party National Independence Party † New Patriotic Party National Reform Party New Vision Party People's Convention Party † People's Heritage Party † People's National Convention Progressive People's Party Reformed Patriotic Democrats United Development System Party United Front Party United Ghana Movement † United Love Party United Renaissance Party Yes People's Party

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People's Heritage Party

Formation

Elections

Merger

See also