New Patriotic Party

New Patriotic Party
New Patriotic Party
Leader	Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo
Chairman	Jake Otanka Obetsebi Lamptey
General Secretary	Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie
Slogan	Development in Freedom
Founded	1992
Preceded by	UGCC; Progress Party; Popular Front Party
Headquarters	Accra
Ideology	center-right; Liberal democracy; Social conservatism
National affiliation	Ghana
International affiliation	International Democrat Union
Official colors	Red, Blue and White
5th Parliament; 4th Republic	107 / 230
Election symbol
	Elephant
Website
	http://www.thenewpatrioticparty.org/
	Politics of Ghana; Political parties; Elections

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The New Patriotic Party is a liberal democratic and liberal conservative party in Ghana and one of two dominant parties in Ghanaian politics. The party is center-right, its leading rival being the National Democratic Congress^{[citation needed]}. It supplied former president John Agyekum Kufuor. At the elections, held on 7 December 2004, the party won 129 out of 230 seats.^[2] The NPP candidate was John Kufuor, who was re-elected president with 52.75% of the vote. The party symbol is the elephant and the party colors are red, white, and blue.

Later in that year, the NPP candidate, Nana Akuffo-Addo lost the elections in a closely contested run off. With Akuffo-Addo receiving 49.77% of the votes, versus 50.23% of the votes going to Atta Mills, the NDC flag bearer.

[edit] Electoral performance

With the exception of the 1992 parliamentary election which it boycotted, the NPP has contested all elections in the Fourth Republic.

[edit] Parliamentary elections

Election	Number of votes for NPP	Share of votes	Seats	Outcome of election
2008	4,013,013	46.9%	107	NPP minority^[3]
2004	4,268,120	48.9%	128	NPP majority^[4]
2000	2,949,767	45.2%	100	NPP majority^[5]
1996	—	—	63	NPP minority^[6]
1992	—	—	—	NPP boycott^[7]

[edit] Presidential elections

Election	Candidate	Number of votes	Share of votes	Outcome of election
2008 (2)	Nana Akufo-Addo	4,478,411	49.9%	NPP in opposition^[8]
2008 (1)	Nana Akufo-Addo	4,159,439	49.1%	2nd round required^[8]
2004	John Kufuor	4,524,074	52.4%	Kufuor NPP government (2nd term)^[9]
2000 (2nd)	John Kufuor	3,576,771	56.7%	Kufuor NPP government^[10]
2000 (1st)	John Kufuor	3,131,739	48.4%	2nd round election^[10]
1996	John Kufuor	—	39.6%	NPP opposition^[11]
1992	Albert Adu Boahen	1,213,073	30.4%	NPP opposition^[12]

[edit] See also

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b "Party officials". New Patriotic Party. http://www.npp-ghana.org/index.php?categoryid=7. Retrieved 2009-06-11.
^ "Ghana's 'gentle giant' re-elected", BBC. URL last accessed on July 29, 2007.
^ "REPUBLIC OF GHANA - LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 7 DECEMBER 2008". Adam Carr. http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/g/ghana/ghana20082.txt. Retrieved 2010-08-26.
^ "REPUBLIC OF GHANA - LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 7 DECEMBER 2004". Adam Carr. http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/g/ghana/ghana20042.txt. Retrieved 2010-08-26.
^ "REPUBLIC OF GHANA - LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 7 DECEMBER 2000". Adam Carr. http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/g/ghana/ghana2.txt. Retrieved 2010-08-26.
^ "07 December 1996 Parliamentary Election". Albert C. Nunley. http://africanelections.tripod.com/gh.html#1996_Parliamentary_Election. Retrieved 2010-08-26.
^ "29 December 1992 Parliamentary Election". Albert C. Nunley. http://africanelections.tripod.com/gh.html#1992_Parliamentary_Election. Retrieved 2010-08-26.
^ ^a ^b "REPUBLIC OF GHANA - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF DECEMBER 2008". Adam Carr. http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/g/ghana/ghana2008.txt. Retrieved 2010-08-26.
^ "07 December 2004 Presidential Election". Albert C. Nunley. http://africanelections.tripod.com/gh.html#2004_Presidential_Election. Retrieved 2010-08-26.
^ ^a ^b "REPUBLIC OF GHANA - PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF DECEMBER 2000". Adam Carr. http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/g/ghana/ghana1.txt. Retrieved 2010-08-26.
^ "07 December 1996 Presidential Election". Elections in Ghana. Albert C. Nunley. http://africanelections.tripod.com/gh.html#1996_Presidential_Election. Retrieved 2010-08-26.
^ "03 November 1992 Presidential Election". Elections in Ghana. Albert C. Nunley. http://africanelections.tripod.com/gh.html#1992_Presidential_Election. Retrieved 2010-08-26.

[edit] External links

Official website

Preceded by National Democratic Congress (Rawlings government)	Governments of Ghana New Patriotic Party (Kufuor government) 2001 – 2009	Succeeded by National Democratic Congress (Mills government)