The United Progressive Party is a political party in
Ghana
Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and To ...
. Its founders were
Akwasi Addai Odike and Dean Djokoto. It received its final certificate of registration from the
Electoral Commission of Ghana
The Electoral Commission of Ghana(EC) is the official body in Ghana responsible for all public elections. Made up of seven members, its independence is guaranteed by the 1992 Ghana constitution. The current commission was established by the Elec ...
in May 2015.
The party contested the
2016 Ghanaian general election
General elections were held in Ghana on 7 December 2016 to elect a President and Members of Parliament. They had originally been scheduled for 7 November 2016, but the date was later rejected by Parliament. Former foreign minister Nana Akufo-Ad ...
but failed to win a single seat.
Prior to that election, Addai Odike had been suspended for breaching the party's constitution in appointing his own son as the acting General Secretary.
In March 2019, he was sacked from the party due to ongoing differences.
Odike managed to become the party's nominee to stand for president in the
2020 Ghanaian general election. He complained during the week candidates were submitting their forms to the
Electoral Commission of Ghana
The Electoral Commission of Ghana(EC) is the official body in Ghana responsible for all public elections. Made up of seven members, its independence is guaranteed by the 1992 Ghana constitution. The current commission was established by the Elec ...
(EC) that various people including the EC and some
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officials were preventing him from registering. Although he managed to file his nomination papers on schedule, he was disqualified from contesting the 2020 election by the Electoral Commission because his documents were not satisfactory. Odike expressed surprise and indicated that he was going to contest the decision.
Electoral performance
Parliamentary elections
See also
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List of political parties in Ghana
This article lists political parties in Ghana.
Ghana has a multi-party system, However, there are two dominant political parties (the National Democratic Congress and the New Patriotic Party), with extreme difficulty for anyone to achieve elect ...
References
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Political parties in Ghana
2015 establishments in Ghana
Political parties established in 2015