The Togoland Congress (TCP) was a political party formed in 1951 which had won three seats in the Gold Coast elections of April 1954 and two seats in the July 1956 elections, but did not survive for long afterwards. The Togoland Congress's goal was to campaign for the unification of the Ewe people in British Togoland and French Togoland as a separate Ewe state; however the party yet again failed in the May 1956 UN plebiscite held in British Togoland, which had resulted in the unification of British Togoland and the Gold Coast.Daniel Miles McFarland, Historical Dictionary of Ghana, 1985, p. 173
The symbol of the party was a five pointed star in yellow on a white background.
Parliamentary elections Election Number of TC votes Share of votes Seats +/- Position Outcome of election1956 20,352 2.92% 2 1 4th Minority in parliamentDieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p435 1954 25,214 3.57% 3 3rdMinority in parliamentDolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1969) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Erster Halbband, p786
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