Ghana Freedom Party

Political party in Ghana

Ghana Freedom Party

Leader| Akua Donkor
General Secretary| Kusi Collins
Founder| Akua Donkor
Headquarters| Kabu, Akwampim North Municipality, Eastern Region
Colours|
Green and yellow
Slogan| Love and Unity
Parliament|

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Election symbol
Cocoa and palm tree

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The Ghana Freedom Party is a party founded by Akua Donkor, a farmer. This was largely to help her ambitions to become President of Ghana.

## Disqualifications

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She was disqualified by the Electoral Commission of Ghana from contesting the Ghanaian presidential election, 2012 as an independent candidate. This was due to irregularities on the registration documents for the election. Akua Donkor who was this time the party's candidate for the Ghanaian presidential election, 2016[1] was again disqualified in October 2016.[2] She appeared to back the incumbent president at the time, John Mahama when her candidacy was rejected by the Electoral Commission.[3] The party headquarters was sited at Kabu, which is a village in the Akwapim North Municipality of the Eastern Region of Ghana.[4] This was gutted by fire in January 2016.[5]

## 2020 election

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Akua Donkor submitted her nomination forms to contest the 2020 presidential election in person to the Electoral Commissioner, Jean Mensa.[6] Her running mate was Ernest Adakabre Frimpong Manso.[7] In the election, she won 5,574 votes (0.04% of the total votes cast) to place 11th out of 12 aspirants.[8] Akua Donkor was quick to concede to Nana Akufo-Addo prior to the formal declaration of the results by the Electoral Commission on 10 December 2020. She was also pleased to have made it onto the ballot this time round.[9]

## 2024 election

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Akua Donkor was again elected to contest the 2024 presidential election on the ticket of the Ghana Freedom party and was part of the 13 presidential candidates cleared by the electoral commission.[10] But she die on Monday 28th October 2024 at Greater Accra Regional hospital where she was responding to treatement and the party is yet to elect the presidential candidate for the 2024 Ghanaian general election.[11][12][13]

## Electoral performance

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### Parliamentary elections

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Election  | Number of LPG votes  | Share of votes  | Seats  | +/-  | Position  | Outcome of election

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2020 |  |  | 0  |  |  | Not represented in parliament

### Presidential elections

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Election  | Candidate  | Number of votes  | Share of votes  | Outcome of election

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2020 | Akua Donkor | 5,574  | 0.04%  | 11th of 12[8]
2016 | Akua Donkor | -- | -- | Disqualified
2012 | Akua Donkor | -- | -- | Disqualified

## See also

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* List of political parties in Ghana

## References

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1. ^ "Akua Donkor Will Contest 2016 Presidency". NewsGhana.com. News Ghana. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
2. ^ "EC disqualifies thirteen presidential aspirants". GhanaWeb. GhanaWeb. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
3. ^ "Akua Donkor calms supporters, says 2020 is her surest bet". GhanaWeb. GhanaWeb. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
4. ^ "Ghana Freedom Party opens head office, pledges SHS and electricity". GhanaBusinessNews.com. Ghana Business News. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
5. ^ "Akua Donkor party office burnt". GhanaWeb. GhanaWeb. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
6. ^ "Election 2020: Akua Donkor, Adakabre submit nomination forms". www.ghanaweb.com. 8 October 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
7. ^ Zurek, Kwaku (8 October 2020). "Why I accepted to be Akua Donkor's running mate - radio host Adakabre". Graphic Online. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
8. ^ a b "EC revises disparities in presidential election results". www.ghanaweb.com. 10 December 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
9. ^ "Akua Donkor concedes to Akufo-Addo ahead of EC declaration". www.ghanaweb.com. 9 December 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
10. ^ "EC: 13 presidential candidates qualify for Election 2024". 2024-09-20. Retrieved 2024-10-29.
11. ^ GNA (2024-10-29). "Akua Donkor reported dead". Ghana News Agency. Retrieved 2024-10-29.
12. ^ "GFP to notify EC of Akua Donkor's passing". 2024-10-29. Retrieved 2024-10-29.
13. ^ "Akua Donkor, Presidential Candidate of Ghana Freedom Party dies at age 83 - MyJoyOnline". www.myjoyonline.com. 2024-10-29. Retrieved 2024-10-29.

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