The Great Consolidated Popular Party is a

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. At the last

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, 7 December 2004, the party was part of the

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, that won 4 out of 230 seats.

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

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. The party's founder and first leader,

Daniel Augustus Lartey Daniel Augustus Lartey (1 August 1926 – 28 December 2009) popularly known as Dan Lartey was a Ghanaian politician in the 2000, and 2004 presidential candidate of the Great Consolidated Popular Party (GCPP). He was a former publisher and labour ...

died on 28 December 2009 at the age of 83 years. His eldest son, Henry Herbert Lartey, succeeded him.

Electoral performance

Parliamentary elections

Presidential elections

References

1996 establishments in Ghana Political parties established in 1996 Political parties in Ghana {{Ghana-party-stub