Ghana Union Movement

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Ghana Union Movement
AbbreviationGUM
Leader Christian Kwabena Andrews
Founder Christian Kwabena Andrews
Founded10 March 2019 (2019-03-10)
Ideology Social democracy
Political position Centre-left
SloganArise for Development
Wob3te GUM
Parliament
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Website
www.ghanaunionmovement.com

The Ghana Union Movement is a political party in Ghana. It was founded by Christian Kwabena Andrews who is also the founder of the Life Assembly Worship Center in Accra. During the launch of the party, he declared that he is "new Kwame Nkrumah" and also that the "spirit of Nkrumah is back." [1] The party's agenda received some backing from Samia Nkrumah, daughter of Kwame Nkrumah. [2]

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2020 general election

Andrews is one of the presidential candidates for the 2020 Ghanaian general election. He filed his nomination papers on 7 October 2020. [3] On completion of the registration process, his name came third from the top on the ballot paper. [4] Andrew nominated Abu Grant Lukeman as his running mate for the election. [5]

2024 general election

On September 13, the party filed their quest to the electoral commission to contest in the 2024 general elections. [6] [7] GUM picked number four, and that would be their position on the ballot paper during the election. Although there were speculations that the party would be moved to third position due to the death of Akua Donkor, the EC refuted the claim and promised to maintain the original positions of the parties. [8] [9] Andrew nominated Evelyn Serwaa Bonsu, an entrepreneur and a gender activist as his running mate. The univeilding was after the launch of the party's manifesto for the 2024 elections in Accra. [10] [11]

Electoral results

Parliamentary results

ElectionNumber of GUM votesShare of votesSeats+/-PositionOutcome of election
2020 60,8400.46%0Steady2.svgIncrease2.svg 3rdNot represented in parliament

Presidential elections

ElectionCandidateNumber of votesShare of votesOutcome of election
2020 Christian Kwabena Andrews 105,5480.80%3rd of 12 [12]

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  2. ↑ "ONE ON ONE WITH SAMIA NKRUMAH". YouTube. FireTV Ghana. 2 July 2019. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  3. ↑ "President, Walker, and Kyiriabosom file nominations". GhanaWeb. 7 October 2020. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  4. ↑ "Here are the official ballot positions for presidential candidates". GhanaWeb. 20 October 2020. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  5. ↑ "Osofo Kyiri Abosom appoints Alhaji Abu Lukeman as running mate". GhanaWeb. 15 August 2020. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  6. ↑ Appiah-Dolphyne, Joseph. "Twenty-four presidential candidates file to contest 7 December election". AsaaseRadio.
  7. ↑ "Election 2024: Meet the 24 Presidential candidates". 2024-09-16. Retrieved 2024-11-15.
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  10. ↑ "Election 2024: GUM leader picks business woman and gender activist as running mate". Ghanaweb.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. ↑ "Election 2024: GUM unveils running Mate for 2024 General Election". Happy Ghana. 2024-08-17. Retrieved 2024-11-15.
  12. ↑ "EC revises disparities in presidential election results". Ghana Web. 10 December 2020. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
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