The National Democratic Congress, known as the NDC, is a political party of Ghana, a presidential republic. In the parliamentary election of 7 December 2024 it won 183 of the 276 seats, well ahead of the New Patriotic Party with 88. Its candidate John Dramani Mahama was elected president in the first round in 2024 with 56.5 percent of the vote and took office on 7 January 2025, having taken 47.4 percent in the 2020 contest that Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo of the New Patriotic Party won.
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Classification
Institution TypePolitical Party Organization 1 Founded Year Connections
Governing Party Of
Source National Democratic Congress (CIA World Factbook archive, Ghana)
Sources
1. National Democratic Congress (CIA World Factbook archive, Ghana)
Government: parties
National Democratic Congress (NDC) (183); New Patriotic Party (NPP) (88); Other (4)
Governing Party Of: Mahama Administration, Government: executive branch election results
2024: John Dramani MAHAMA elected president in the first round; percent of vote- John Dramani MAHAMA (NDC) 56.5%, Mahamudu BAWUMIA (NPC) 41%, other 2.5%
In Group: Parties of Presidential Republics, Government: government type
Government.Government type.text: presidential republic
View the Source2. MyJoyOnline: Brief history of the National Democratic Congress (NDC)
MyJoyOnlineHistoryQuote, History
The NDC was formed as the ruling party ahead of elections in 1992, in which Rawlings was elected president, and in 1996 Rawlings was re-elected as the NDC candidate.
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