People's National Convention (Ghana)

People's National Convention
150px
Leader	Hassan Ayariga
Chairman	Alhaji Ahmed Ramadan
Founder	Hilla Limann
General Secretary	Bernard Mornah
Vice Chairman	Hajia Ajara Musah
Slogan	Eye kube Service with honesty
Founded	27 July 1992 (1992-07-27)
Headquarters	Arts Centre, Accra
Ideology	Nkrumaism, Socialism, Pan-Africanism
Colors	Red, green and white
5th Parliament 4th Republic	2 / 230
Election symbol
Palm tree
Party flag
200px
Website
http://pncghana.org/
Politics of Ghana Political parties Elections

The People's National Convention is a political party in Ghana.

At the elections, 7 December 2004, the party was part of the Grand Coalition, that won 4 out of 230 seats. Edward Mahama, candidate of the Grand Coalition won 1.9% of the vote at the presidential elections. At the December 2008 elections, the party won 2 seats in Parliament. For the fourth time in a row, Edward Mahama was the presidential candidate. He received 0.8% of the vote. Hassan Ayariga was elected in 2011 by the party to stand in the Ghanaian presidential election, 2012.

Electoral performance

The PNC has contested all national elections since the inception of the fourth republic apart from the 1992 Ghanaian parliamentary election, which was boycotted along with other opposition parties.

Parliamentary elections

Election	Number of PNC votes	Share of votes	Seats	Outcome of election
2008	117,732	1.4%	2	Minority in parliament
2004	186,226	2.1%	4	Minority in parliament
2000	224,657	3.4%	3	Minority in parliament
1996	—	—	5	Minority in parliament
1992	—	—	boycotted	The minority parties boycotted the election

Presidential elections

Election	Candidate	Number of votes	Share of votes	Outcome of election
2008	Edward Mahama	73,494	0.9%	Minority
2004	Edward Mahama	165,375	1.9%	Minority
2000	Edward Mahama	189,659	2.5%	Minority
1996	Edward Mahama	—	3.0%	Minority
1992	Hilla Limann	266,728	6.7%	Minority