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The Popular Front Party (PFP) was the main opposition Political Party in Ghana during the Third Republic ( 1979 - 1981 ).

In elections held on 18 June 1979 , PFP presidential candidate Victor Owusu won 29.9% of the vote and the party won 42 of 140 seats in the National Assembly. Owusu was defeated by People's National Party (PNP) candidate Hilla Limann , 38%-62%, in a 9 July Run-off election.