New Patriotic Party
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The New Patriotic Party is the ruling liberal party in Ghana and one of two dominant parties in Ghanaian politics. The party is centrist, but is considered to be more liberal that its leading rival, the National Democratic Congress. It supplies president John Agyekum Kufuor. At the last elections, held on 7 December 2004, the party won 129 out of 230 seats.[#endnote_BBC] Its candidate, John Kufuor was re-elected president with 52.75% of the vote.[#endnote_BBC] The party symbol is the elephant and the party colors are red, white, and blue.
See also
- Liberalism
- Contributions to liberal theory
- Liberalism worldwide
- List of liberal parties
- Liberal democracy
References
↑ "[Ghana's 'gentle giant' re-elected]", BBC. URL last accessed on March 21, 2006.External links
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