List of political parties in Ghana

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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 anybody to achieve electoral success under the banner of any other party.

The parties in Ghana

There are 30 registered political parties on the list of the Electoral Commission of Ghana during the Fourth Republic.^[1]

All People's Congress(APC)
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 Freedom Party (GFP)
Ghana National Party (GNP)
Independent People's Party (IPP)
National Democratic Congress (NDC) -'Nkrumah/Rawlings' tradition
National Democratic Party (NDP)
New Patriotic Party (NPP) - 'Danquah-Dombo-Busia' tradition,^[2] ruling party
National Reform Party (NRP)
New Vision Party (NVP)
People's National Convention (PNC)
Progressive People's Party (PPP)
Reformed Patriotic Democrats (RPD)
United Development System Party (UDSP)
United Front Party (Ghana) (UFP)
United Ghana Movement (UGM)
United Love Party (ULP)
United Progressive Party (UPP)
United Renaissance Party (URP)ml
Yes People's Party (YPP)
Ghana Redevelopment Party (GRP)

↑ "Profile of Registered Political Parties in Ghana". Official website. Electoral Commission of Ghana. Retrieved 17 September 2012.
↑ KIPO, DANIEL. "THE DANQUAH-DOMBO-BUSIA TRADITION". ModernGhana.com. Retrieved 13 March 2017.

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