List of political parties in Ghana
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This article lists political parties in Ghana.
Ghana has a two-party system, which means that there are two dominant political parties (the National Democratic Congress and the New Patriotic Party), with extreme difficulty for anybody to achieve electoral success under the banner of any other party.
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[edit] The parties
[edit] Fourth Republic (1992-present)
- Convention People's Party (CPP)
- National Convention Party (NCP) - merged with PCP to reform CPP
- People's Convention Party (PCP) - merged with NCP to reform CPP
- National Independence Party (NIP) - merged with PHP, forming PCP
- People's Heritage Party (PHP)- merged with NIP, forming PCP
- Democratic Freedom Party (DFP)
- Democratic People's Party (DPP)
- Every Ghanaian Living Everywhere (EGLE Party)
- Ghana Democratic Republican Party (GDRP)
- Great Consolidated Popular Party (GCPP)
- Ghana National Party (GNP)
- National Democratic Congress (NDC) - ruling party
- New Patriotic Party (NPP) - 'Danquah/Busia' tradition
- National Reform Party (NRP)
- New Vision Party (NVP)
- People's National Convention (PNC)
- Reformed Patriotic Democrats (RPD)
- United Ghana Movement (UGM)
- United Love Party (ULP)
- United Renaissance Party (URP)
[edit] Third Republic (1979-1981)
- Action Congress Party
- People's National Party
- Popular Front Party - 'Danquah/Busia' tradition
- Social Democratic Front
- Third Force Party
- United National Convention
[edit] Second Republic (1969-1972)
- All People's Republican Party
- Justice Party
- National Alliance of Liberals - offshoot of CPP
- People's Action Party
- Progress Party - 'Danquah/Busia' tradition
- United Nationalist Party
[edit] Independent State within the Commonwealth (1957-1960)/First Republic (1960-1966)
- Convention People's Party
- United Party - 'Danquah/Busia' tradition
- United Gold Coast Convention-'Grant\Johnson'
[edit] Pre-Independence
- Anlo Youth Organization
- Convention People's Party
- Federation of Youth Organization
- Ghana Congress Party
- Muslim Association Party
- National Liberation Movement
- Northern People's Party
- Togoland Congress
- United Gold Coast Convention
[edit] See also
- Electoral Commission of Ghana
- List of political parties
- List of political parties in Western Africa by country
- List of political parties by United Nations geoscheme
[edit] External links
- National Electoral Commission - Registered Political Parties
- Political Parties: A Cross-National Survey
- Ghana Political Parties
- Political Parties and Political Participation in Ghana
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