1951 Gold Coast general election

1951 Gold Coast general election

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General elections were held in Gold Coast on 8 February 1951. Although elections had been held for the Legislative Council since 1925,^[1] the Council did not have complete control over the legislation, and the voting franchise was limited to residents of urban areas meeting property requirements and the councils of chiefs.^[2] The 1951 elections were the first in Africa to be held under universal suffrage.^[3]