The CPP's central committee nominated 198 candidates for the 198 seats in the National Assembly, who were then declared elected without a vote taking place.

It was the first vote for the country's parliament since the pre-independence 1956 legislative elections; Nkrumah's victory in the 1960 constitutional referendum was taken by the President and his party as a fresh mandate from the people and the terms of National Assembly members were extended for another five years.

As Ghana was now a one-party state, all 198 MPs representing the CPP were appointed by the president and elected unopposed.

[2] Nkrumah was overthrown in a coup in February 1966, the CPP was dissolved, and the constitution suspended.

The conversion of the country's governance system was one of the major reasons for the 1966 coup.