The Democratic People's Party is a
Ghana
Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and To ...
ian
political party
A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology ...
formed in 1992 after the ban on political party activity was lifted by the
Provisional National Defence Council
The Provisional National Defence Council (PNDC) was the name of the Ghanaian government after the People's National Party's elected government was overthrown by Jerry Rawlings, the former head of the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council, in a coup ...
government of Ghana
The Government of Ghana was created as a parliamentary democracy, followed by alternating military and civilian governments in Ghana. In January 1993, military government gave way to the Fourth Republic after presidential and parliamentary electi ...
. The party claims to follow the Nkrumahist tradition along with the
People's National Convention (PNC),
Great Consolidated Popular Party
The Great Consolidated Popular Party is a political party in Ghana.
At the last elections, 7 December 2004, the party was part of the Grand Coalition, that won 4 out of 230 seats. Edward Mahama
Edward Nasigrie Mahama (born 15 April 1945) is ...
(GCPP),
National Reform Party National Reform or National Reformation may refer to:
* National Reform Association (1844), a nineteenth-century American movement to lobby Congress to pass land reforms
*National Reform Association (1864), a nineteenth-century American movement to ...
(NRP) and the
Convention People's Party
The Convention People's Party (CPP) is a Socialism, socialist political party in Ghana based on the ideas of the first President of Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah. The CPP was formed in June 1949 after Nkrumah broke away from the United Gold Coast Conven ...
(CPP).
Progressive Alliance
The party formed the "Progressive Alliance" with the
National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the
Every Ghanaian Living Everywhere
The Every Ghanaian Living Everywhere (EGLE) is an inactive political party in terms of elections in Ghana. It has not contested any elections since the 2004 Ghanaian general election. According to Ghanaian law, political parties must have a prese ...
(EGLE) for the
presidential election in December 1992. Their common presidential candidate was
Jerry Rawlings
Jerry John Rawlings (22 June 194712 November 2020) was a Ghanaian military officer and politician who led the country for a brief period in 1979, and then from 1981 to 2001. He led a military junta until 1992, and then served two terms as the de ...
of the NDC. This alliance continued through the
1996 elections with the party not fielding its own candidates. The party however started fielding its own presidential and parliamentary candidates since the December 2000 elections but has won no seats in parliament.
2004 presidential election
The presidential nominee of the party,
Thomas N. Ward-Brew, a lawyer, was hours late submitting his nomination documents and was unable to contest the
Ghanaian presidential election on 7 December 2004.
Election performance
Parliamentary elections
Presidential elections
Party symbols
The symbols of the party are as follow:
*Motto: God is Great
*Colours: The rainbow over a white background
*Symbol: White dove with an olive branch and leaves in its mouth all over a rainbow.
See also
*
List of political parties in Ghana
This article lists political parties in Ghana.
Ghana has a multi-party system, However, there are two dominant political parties (the National Democratic Congress and the New Patriotic Party), with extreme difficulty for anyone to achieve elect ...
References
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External links
DPP information on Ghana Review International
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1992 establishments in Ghana
Nkrumaist political parties
Pan-Africanism in Ghana
Pan-Africanist political parties in Africa
Political parties established in 1992
Political parties in Ghana
Socialist parties in Ghana