All People's Congress (Ghana)

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All People's Congress
AbbreviationAPC
Leader Hassan Ayariga
Chairperson Hassan Ayariga
General SecretaryKweku Frimpong [1]
Vice Presidential CandidateEmmanuel Bartels
Founder Hassan Ayariga
Founded24 January 2016 (2016-01-24)
Split from People's National Convention
Headquarters Kwabenya, Accra
Colours   
Green, White, Yellow
SloganAll Inclusive Governance
Parliament
0 / 275
Election symbol
Broom

The All People's Congress is a political party in Ghana formed as a breakaway from the People's National Convention (PNC).

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History

It was founded in 2016 by Hassan Ayariga [2] after leaving the People's National Convention, where he lost out to Edward Mahama as the presidential candidate for the December 2016 general election. [3] [4] The party's focus for the election campaign was employment and economics. [5]

Disqualification

Two months before the 2016 Ghanaian general election, Charlotte Osei, chairman of the Electoral Commission of Ghana announced that 13 presidential candidates, including Hassan Ayariga, had been disqualified from standing as presidential candidates in the December elections due to problems with the nomination documents they filed with the commission. [6] These included failure to declare his hometown or constituency of residence on his forms as well as two of the subscribers on his forms having been named on another candidates forms which are in contravention of the electoral laws. The forms were also alleged to contain forged signatures and were to be referred to the Ghana Police Service for investigation. [1] The subscriber duplication involved someone who had also signed papers for his former party, the APC's nominee. Ayariga expressed his frustration at this development. [7]

Electoral performance

Parliamentary elections

ElectionVotes %Seats+/–PositionGovernment
2016 2,5270.02%
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7thExtra-parliamentary
2020 1,2140.01%
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Steady2.svgDecrease2.svg 11thExtra-parliamentary

Presidential elections

ElectionCandidateNumber of votesShare of votesOutcome of election
2020 Hassan Ayariga 7,1380.05%8th of 12 [8]
2016 Hassan Ayariga Disqualified [9]

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