Great Consolidated Popular Party

Great Consolidated Popular Party
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
Parliament
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Election symbol
A Bird At Rest In The Centre Of 3 Concentric Circles

Information taken from Electoral Commission of Ghana

The Great Consolidated Popular Party is a political party in Ghana.

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. His eldest son, Henry Herbert Lartey, succeeded him.

Electoral performance

Parliamentary elections

Election Votes % Seats +/– Position Government
1996 1,485 0.01%
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8th Extra-parliamentary
2000 Did not take part
2004 4,690 0.05%
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Steady Steady 8th Extra-parliamentary
2008 62 0.2%
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Steady Extra-parliamentary
2012 653 0.01%
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Steady Decrease 13th Extra-parliamentary
2016 1,368 0.01%
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Steady Increase 8th Extra-parliamentary
2020 1,976 0.01%
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Steady Decrease 9th Extra-parliamentary

Presidential elections

Election Candidate Number of votes Share of votes Outcome of election
2016 Henry Herbert Lartey 3,564 0.03% 12th of 12
2016 Henry Herbert Lartey Disqualified
2012 Henry Herbert Lartey 38,223 0.35% 4th of 8
2008 Daniel Augustus Lartey Disqualified
2004 Daniel Augustus Lartey Grand coalition led by Edward Mahama (PNC)
2000 Daniel Augustus Lartey 67,504 1.04% 6th of 7
1996 Opposition Great Alliance backed John Kufuor (NPP)