The Every Ghanaian Living Everywhere (EGLE) is an inactive

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in terms of elections in

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. It has not contested any elections since the

2004 Ghanaian general election General elections were held in Ghana on 7 December 2004. The presidential elections resulted in a victory for incumbent John Kufuor of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), who defeated John Atta-Mills of the National Democratic Congress with 52 pe ...

. According to Ghanaian law, political parties must have a presence in all districts in order to remain registered, but due to lax enforcement, EGLE remains registered as a party as of 2019.

Electoral performance

In the 7 December 2004 general elections, EGLE was part of the Grand Coalition which won 4 out of 230 seats.

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, the Grand Coalition candidate, won 1.9% of the vote in the

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1992 elections

The EGLE party contested the 1992 presidential election in an alliance with the National Democratic Congress(NCP) and the National Democratic Congess (NDC) led by

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and Every Ghanaian Living Everywhere (EGLE) led by

Owuraku Amofa Emmanuel Owuraku Amofah (born 8 February 1956; sometimes written as Amofa) is a Ghanaian politician and lawyer from Kibi who served as a member of the Parliament of Ghana for Abuakwa Central constituency from 1992 to 1996. He is a former deputy ...

. The Progressive Alliance, as it was called, put forward a single candidate for president, Jerry Rawlings and a single vice president candidate, Kow Nkensen Arkaah on 3 November 1992. They won 58.4% of the popular vote and became the first President and Vice President of the Fourth Republic of Ghana. In the 29 December 1992 Parliamentary election, the EGLE party won 1 out of 200 constituencies, becoming the third largest party in parliament.

2020 elections

The party did not field any parliamentary nor presidential candidates for the

2020 Ghanaian general election General elections were held in Ghana on 7 December 2020. Incumbent President Nana Akufo-Addo of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) was re-elected in the first round after securing a majority of the votes. Former President John Dramani Mahama says he ...

due to financial constraints. It decided to back John Mahama of the National Democratic Congress instead for president.

Parliamentary elections

Presidential elections

References

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