All People's Congress (Ghana)

Technopedia Center

Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science
S1 Informatics S1 Information Systems S1 Information Technology S1 Computer Engineering S1 Electrical Engineering S1 Civil Engineering

faculty of Economics and Business
S1 Management S1 Accountancy

Faculty of Letters and Educational Sciences
S1 English literature S1 English language education S1 Mathematics education S1 Sports Education

All People's Congress (Ghana)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

All People's Congress
Logo of the All People's Congress
Abbreviation	APC
Leader	Hassan Ayariga
Chairperson	Hassan Ayariga
General Secretary	Kweku Frimpong^[1]
Vice Presidential Candidate	Emmanuel Bartels
Founder	Hassan Ayariga
Founded	24 January 2016 (2016-01-24)
Split from	People's National Convention
Headquarters	Kwabenya, Accra
Colours	Green, White, Yellow
Slogan	All Inclusive Governance
Parliament	0 / 275
Election symbol
Broom
Politics of Ghana Political parties Elections

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

History

[edit]

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

[edit]

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

[edit]

Parliamentary elections

[edit]

Election	Votes	%	Seats	Position	Government
2016	2,527	0.02%	0 / 275	7th	Extra-parliamentary
2020	1,214	0.01%	0 / 275	11th	Extra-parliamentary
2024			0 / 275		Extra-parliamentary

Presidential elections

[edit]

Election	Candidate	Number of votes	Share of votes	Outcome of election
2024	Hassan Ayariga	17,461	0.16%	8th of 12^[8]^[9]
2020	Hassan Ayariga	7,138	0.05%	8th of 12^[10]
2016	Hassan Ayariga	—	—	Disqualified^[11]

References

[edit]

^ ^a ^b "EC disqualification bogus; we'll sue them – Ayariga". Ghanaweb. GhanaWeb. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
^ "Ayariga forms new party, APC". ghanaweb.com. GhanaWeb. 24 January 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
^ "EC clears Ayariga's new APC for 2016 polls". ghanaweb.com. GhanaWeb. 24 January 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
^ "Hassan Ayariga forms All People's Congress?". Graphic Online. Graphic Communications Group Ltd. 25 January 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
^ "Ghana can be better – Hassan Ayariga". ghanaweb.com. GhanaWeb. 6 October 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
^ "Full list of disqualified presidential aspirants". ghanaweb.com. GhanaWeb. Archived from the original on 19 July 2018. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
^ "Ayariga describes EC's decision as 'Joke of the Century'". ghanaweb. GhanaWeb. 10 October 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
^ "2024 General Election Results by Region - National". Electoral Commission of Ghana. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
^ Effah, Evans (10 December 2024). "Full details of 2024 election results announced by Jean Mensa". 3 News Ghana. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
^ "EC revises disparities in presidential election results". www.ghanaweb.com. 10 December 2020. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
^ Frimpong, Enoch Darfah (10 October 2016). "Mahama, Nduom, Ayariga, Boateng, Apaloo, others disqualified by EC". Graphic Online. Accra: Graphic Communications Group Ltd. Retrieved 27 October 2020.

v t e Political parties in Ghana
Parliament	New Patriotic Party (137) National Democratic Congress (137) Independent (1)
Unrepresented	All People's Congress Convention People's Party Democratic Freedom Party Democratic People's Party Great Consolidated Popular Party Ghana Democratic Republican Party Ghana Freedom Party Ghana National Party Ghana Union Movement Liberal Party of Ghana National Democratic Party National Reform Party New Vision Party People's Action Party People's Destiny Party People's National Convention Power Unity Party Progressive Alliance for Ghana Progressive People's Party Reformed Patriotic Democrats United Democratic Party United Development System Party United Front Party United Ghana Movement United Progressive Party United Renaissance Party Yes People's Party
Defunct	Action Congress Party All People's Party All People's Republican Party Anlo Youth Organisation Every Ghanaian Living Everywhere Federation of Youth Organization Ga Shifimo Kpee Ghana Congress Party Ghana Redevelopment Party Independent People's Party Justice Party Muslim Association Party National Alliance of Liberals National Congress of British West Africa National Convention Party National Democratic Party (1950s) National Independence Party National Liberation Movement Northern People's Party People's Action Party People's Convention Party People's Heritage Party People's National Party Popular Front Party Progress Party Social Democratic Front Third Force Party Togoland Congress United Gold Coast Convention United Love Party United National Convention United Nationalist Party United Party
Portal:Politics List of political parties in Ghana Politics of Ghana

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=All_People%27s_Congress_(Ghana)&oldid=1263477208"

Categories:

Hidden categories:

History

Disqualification

Electoral performance

Parliamentary elections

Presidential elections

See also

References