This article is about political party activists, elections, campaign strategies and styles, and intra/inter-party competition in Ghana (1946–56). Since 1947, when the first formal political party emerged on the Gold Coast, parties have come under various banners, symbols and slogans. Three elections were conducted between 1951 and 1956; the competition was keen but it is suggested here that in all three elections one party, the CPP, was the only serious contender. How did the colonial system affect political party formation? How did the characteristics of the political ideology affect the manner and extent of party activism and how did the participation patterns of party activists affect the polls? In this article I will argue that there was a strong correlation between political organizations and the votes the parties recorded at the polls. I will base my analysis on the little-used election results of 1951, 1954, and 1956. A closer reading of the poll results revealed that several variables were at play between the parties and their activists. The elections were won at the grassroots level by those activists who were effective organizers. Furthermore, this article posits that the nature of mobilization was reflected in the polls, whereas horizontal mobilization posted impressive results in all the electoral districts, vertical mobilization recorded few results.