# List of MLAs elected in the 1954 Gold Coast general election

This is a list of people elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Gold Coast on 15 June 1954. Unlike the previous Legislative Assembly, all members were elected directly by the general population. The membership was also increased to 104.

## Composition

| Affiliation | Members |
| Convention People's Party CPP | 71 |
| Northern People's Party (NPP) | 12 |
| Togoland Congress (TC) | 2 |
| Ghana Congress Party (GCP) | 1 |
| Muslim Association Party (MAP) | 1 |
| Anlo Youth Association (AYA) | 1 |
| Independents | 16 |
| Total | 104 |
| Government Majority | |

## List of MPs elected in the general election

The following table is a list of MPs elected in the Gold Coast 1954 election. Some notable politicians lost their seats in this election. These include four members of The Big Six. The first was Emmanuel Obetsebi-Lamptey who lost out to Kwame Nkrumah in Accra Central. The next was J. B. Danquah, a founding member of the United Gold Coast Convention and now a member of the Ghana Congress Party who lost to a relative, Aaron Ofori-Atta. A third member of the Big Six, William Ofori Atta of the GCP failed to keep his Akim Abuakwa West seat. The fourth was Edward Akufo-Addo who lost the Akwapim South election. The former wife of J. B. Danquah, Mabel Dove Danquah (divorced in 1941) became the first female in the country to be elected when she won the Ga (rural) seat, beating Nii Amaa Ollennu. Kweku Bankole Awooner-Renner, leader of the Muslim Association Party failed to win the Accra West seat.
Ashanti Region :
| Constituency | Elected MP | Elected Party | Comment | Previous MP | Previous Party |
| Adansi Banka | John Young Ghann | CPP | | N. B. Abubekr | |
| Agona Kwabre | J. E. Jantuah | CPP | | | |
| Ahafo | | | | | |
| Amansie East | | | | | |
| Amansie West | | | | | |
| Ashanti-Akim | | | | | |
| Atebubu | | | | | |
| Atwima-Amansie | Isaac Joseph Adomako-Mensah | CPP | | | |
| Atwima-Nwabiagya | | | | | |
| Berekum | | | | | |
| Kumasi North | Archie Casely-Hayford | CPP | 6,133 votes | Archie Casely-Hayford (Kumasi) | CPP |
| Kumasi South | Edward Asafu-Adjaye | CPP | 11,232 votes | | |
| Obuasi | Robert Okyere Amoako-Atta | CPP | | | |
| Offinso Kwabre | | | | | |
| Sekyere East | Krobo Edusei | CPP | | | |
| Sekyere West | | | | | |
| Sunyani East | Boahene Yeboah-Afari | CPP | | | |
| Sunyani West | Stephen Willie Yeboah | CPP | | | |
| Wenchi East | Kofi Abrefa Busia (Leader of GCP) | GCP | 3,754 votes formerly represented Asanteman Council | | |
| Wenchi West | | | | | |
| Eastern Region ||||||
| Constituency | Elected MP | Elected Party | Comment | Previous MP | Previous Party |
| Abetifi | | | | | |
| Accra Central (Ashiedu Keteke) | Kwame Nkrumah | Convention People's Party (CPP) | 13,938 votes | Kwame Nkrumah | CPP |
| Accra East | Ebenezer Ako-Adjei | CPP | 11,660 votes | | |
| Accra West | Thomas Hutton-Mills | CPP | 11,084 votes | Thomas Hutton-Mills | CPP |
| Ada | Charles Ofoe Cudeto Amattey | CPP | | | |
| Akim Abuakwa Central | Aaron Ofori-Atta | CPP | 4,958 | J. B. Danquah now with (GCP) | United Gold Coast Convention |
| Akim Abuakwa East | K. Amoah-Awuah | CPP | 1,207 | | |
| Akim Abuakwa North | | | | | |
| Akim Abuakwa West | S. A. Owusu-Afari | CPP | | William Ofori Atta now with (GCP) | United Gold Coast Convention |
| Akim Abuakwa South | Kwasi Sintim Aboagye | CPP | | | |
| Akwapim North | | | | | |
| Akwapim South | K. Asiam | CPP | | | |
| Dangbe-Shai | C. T. Nylander | CPP | | | |
| Ga Rural | Mabel Dove Danquah (First female MP) | CPP | | | |
| Juaben-Edweso | | | | | |
| Kwahu North | Erasmus Isaac Preko | Independent | | | |
| Kwahu South | | | | | |
| Manya Krobo | | | | | |
| New Juaben | | | | Ohene Djan | CPP |
| North Birim | | | | | |
| Obuasi | R. O. Amoako-Atta | CPP | | | |
| Osudoku | Alex Kwablah | Independent | | | |
| South Birim | | | | | |
| Western Gomoa | Kojo Botsio | | | | |
| Yilo Krobo | | | | | |
| Northern Region ||||||
| Bawku | Adam Amandi | Independent | 3,118 votes | | |
| Bolga | R. B. Braimah | NPP | 3,997 votes | | |
| Bongo | W. A. Amoro | CPP | 2,201 votes | | |
| Builsa | A. Afoko | CPP | 8,851 votes | A. Afoko | Northern Territories |
| Dagomba East | J. H. Allassani | CPP | 2,766 votes | J. H. Allassani | Northern Territories |
| Dagomba North | S. I. Iddrisu | CPP | 6,880 votes | | |
| Dagomba South | Yakubu Tali (Tolon Naa) | NPP | 3,838 votes | Yakubu Tali (Tolon Naa) | Northern Territories |
| Frafra East | T. K. Yentu | NPP | 4,224 votes | | |
| Gonja East, Yeji and Prang | J. A, Braimah | Independent | 4,286 votes | J. A. Braimah | Northern Territories |
| Gonja West | E. A. Mahama | CPP | 4,599 votes | E. A. Mahama | Northern Territories |
| Gulkpegu-Nanton | A. Osumanu | NPP | 2,238 votes | | |
| Jirapa-Lambussie | Chief Simon Diedong Dombo (leader of NPP) | NPP | 4,227 votes | | |
| Kassena-Nankanni North | C.K. Tedam (now Chairman of New Patriotic Party Council of Elders) | CPP | 6,880 votes | | |
| Kassena-Nankani South | Lawrence Rosario Abavana | CPP | 5,795 votes | Lawrence Rosario Abavana | CPP |
| Kusasi Central | J. Awuni | NPP | 6,349 votes | Jambaidu Awuni | Northern Territories |
| Kusasi East | I. Asigri | NPP | 3,024 votes | | |
| Kusasi West | A. Asumda | CPP | 4,366 votes | | |
| Lawra-Nandom | Abayifaa Karbo | NPP | 2,764 votes | | |
| Nanum-Dagbon | N. Atta | CPP | 7,344 votes | | |
| Savelugu | Bukhari Sumani | Independent | 1,755 votes | | |
| South Mamprusi East | Mumuni Bawumia | NPP | 6,107 votes | Mumuni Bawumia | Northern Territories |
| South Mamprusi West | J. K. Yakubu | CPP | 1,384 votes | | |
| Talensi | A. T. Anaffu | Independent | 2,047 votes | | |
| Tumu | Imoru Egala | CPP | 3,599 votes | | |
| Wala North | Jatoe Kaleo | NPP | 4,716 votes | | |
| Wala South | Bukari K. Adama | NPP | 4,931 votes | | |
| Volta Region ||||||
| Constituency | Elected MP | Elected Party | Comment | Previous MP | Previous Party |
| Akan Krachi | | | | | |
| Anlo | Komla Agbeli Gbedemah | CPP | | Komla Agbeli Gbedemah | CPP |
| Anlo East | | | | | |
| Anlo North | | | | | |
| Anlo South | Modesto Apaloo (Leader of Anlo Youth Association (AYA)) | AYA | | | |
| Anlo West | | | | | |
| Buem | | | | | |
| Central Tongu | | | | | |
| Ho East | F. R. Ametowobla | Independent | | | |
| Ho West | | | | | |
| Keta | | | | | |
| Kpandu North | S. G. Antor (Leader of Togoland Congress (TC)) | TC | 8,221 votes | | |
| Kpandu South | | | | | |
| South Tongu | W. M. N. Djietror | CPP | | | |
| Upper Tongu | Stephen Allen Dzirasa | CPP | | | |
| Western Region ||||||
| Constituency | Elected MP | Elected Party | Comment | Previous MP | Previous Party |
| Abura Asebu | | | | | |
| Agona | | | | | |
| Agona Swedru | | | | | |
| Ahanta-Shama | Ashford. E. Inkumsah | CPP | | Ashford. E. Inkumsah (Ahanta) | CPP |
| Ajumako-Asikuma | Anthony Seibu Alec Abban | CPP | | | |
| Amenfi-Aowin | P. K. K. Quaidoo | CPP | | | |
| Ankobra | | | | John Bogolo Erzuah | CPP |
| Assin Rural | Daniel Buadi | | | | |
| Awutu | Alfred Jonas Dowuona-Hammond | CPP | | | |
| Bibiani | | | | | |
| Cape Coast | N. A. Welbeck | CPP | 7,665 votes | Joseph Essilfie Hagan | CPP |
| Denkyira | F.E. Techie-Menson | CPP | | | |
| Eastern Gomoa | C. C. K. Baah | CPP | | | |
| Eastern Nzima-Axim | W. Baidoe-Ansah | | | | |
| Ekumfi-Enyan | S. K. Otoo | CPP | | | |
| Saltpond | Kofi Baako | CPP | | William Arthur | CPP |
| Sefwi Wiawso | | | | | |
| Sekondi-Takoradi | J. Arthur | CPP | 11,143 | | |
| Wassaw Central | Samuel Emanful Arkah | CPP | | | |
| Wassaw South | | | | | |
| Western Nzima | | | | | |
| Winneba | Kojo Botsio | CPP | | Kojo Botsio | - |