Great Consolidated Popular Party | |
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Chairman | Henry Herbert Lartey |
General Secretary | John Thompson |
Founded | 1996 |
Headquarters | Citadel House, P.O.Box 3077, Accra |
Motto | Caring for people |
Colours | Red, white and yellow |
Slogan | Caring for People [1] |
Parliament | 0 / 275 |
Election symbol | |
A Bird At Rest In The Centre Of 3 Concentric Circles [2] | |
Information taken from Electoral Commission of Ghana |
The Great Consolidated Popular Party is a political party in Ghana. [3] [4]
At the last elections, 7 December 2004, the party was part of the Grand Coalition, that won 4 out of 230 seats. Edward Mahama, candidate of the Grand Coalition won 1.9% of the vote in the presidential elections.
The party's founder and first leader, Daniel Augustus Lartey died on 28 December 2009 at the age of 83 years. [5] His eldest son, Henry Herbert Lartey, succeeded him. [6]
Election | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Position | Government |
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1996 | 1,485 | 0.01% | 0 / 275
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8th | Extra-parliamentary | |
2000 | Did not take part | |||||
2004 | 4,690 | 0.05% | 0 / 275
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8th | Extra-parliamentary | |
2008 | 62 | 0.2% | 0 / 275
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Extra-parliamentary | ||
2012 | 653 | 0.01% | 0 / 275
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13th | Extra-parliamentary | |
2016 | 1,368 | 0.01% | 0 / 275
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8th | Extra-parliamentary | |
2020 | 1,976 | 0.01% | 0 / 275
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9th | Extra-parliamentary |
Election | Candidate | Number of votes | Share of votes | Outcome of election |
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2016 | Henry Herbert Lartey | 3,564 | 0.03% | 12th of 12 [7] |
2016 | Henry Herbert Lartey | — | — | Disqualified [8] |
2012 | Henry Herbert Lartey | 38,223 [9] | 0.35% | 4th of 8 |
2008 | Daniel Augustus Lartey | — | — | Disqualified [10] |
2004 | Daniel Augustus Lartey | — | — | Grand coalition led by Edward Mahama ( PNC) |
2000 | Daniel Augustus Lartey | 67,504 [11] | 1.04% | 6th of 7 |
1996 | — | — | — | Opposition Great Alliance backed John Kufuor ( NPP) |