Great Consolidated Popular Party

Great Consolidated Popular Party
Logo of the 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 [1]
Parliament	0 / 275
Election symbol
A Bird At Rest In The Centre Of 3 Concentric Circles [2]
Politics of Ghana Political parties Elections 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 results

Presidential elections

Election	Candidate	First round		Second round		Result
		Votes	%	Votes	%
2000	Daniel Augustus Lartey	67,504	1.04%	—		LostN
2004	Did not contest
2008	Disqualified
2012	Henry Herbert Lartey	38,223	0.35%	—		LostN
2016	Disqualified
2016	Henry Herbert Lartey	3,564	0.03%	—		LostN
2020		3,564	0.027%	—		LostN
2024	Daniel Augustus Lartey Jr.	17,299	0.15%	—		LostN

Parliamentary elections

Election	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Position	Government
1996	1,485	0.01%	0 / 275		8th	Extra-parliamentary
2000	Did not take part
2004	4,690	0.05%	0 / 275		8th	Extra-parliamentary
2008	62	0.2%	0 / 275			Extra-parliamentary
2012	653	0.01%	0 / 275		13th	Extra-parliamentary
2016	1,368	0.01%	0 / 275		8th	Extra-parliamentary
2020	1,976	0.01%	0 / 275		9th	Extra-parliamentary
2024	157	0.00%	0 / 275	0	12th	Extra-parliamentary

References

1. "Political Parties". Official website. Electoral Commission of Ghana. Archived from the original on 27 September 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
2. "Political Parties". Official website. Electoral Commission of Ghana. Archived from the original on 6 November 2019. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
3. "GCPP - Great Consolidated Popular Party". www.ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 2023-08-30.
4. "Dr Henry Lartey and John Amekah of the Great Consolidated Popular Party (GCPP)". Peacefmonline.com - Ghana news. Retrieved 2023-08-30.
5. Owusu, Douglas Akwasi. "Dan Lartey passes on" (PDF). 30 December 2009. The Ghanaian Times. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 September 2013. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
6. "Henry Lartey". Official website. Great Consolidated Popular Party. Archived from the original on 1 July 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2012.