National Democratic Congress (Grenada)

The National Democratic Congress (NDC), also known as the National Democratic Congress of Grenada, Carriacou and Petite Martinique,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> is a social democratic and centre-left political party in Grenada. It is the governing party in Grenada, having won a majority in the 2022 general elections. The party is led by current prime minister Dickon Mitchell as of October 2021.

History

The party was founded in 1987 by George Brizan and Francis Alexis, as a party opposed to the New National Party government that came to power in the 1984 elections after the United States invasion of Grenada. It won the 1990 elections,<ref name=N1>Template:Cite book</ref> with Nicholas Brathwaite becoming prime minister. It lost power to the NNP in the 1995 elections, which were held shortly after Brathwaite's resignation. The NDC was thereafter in opposition for 13 years. It failed to win any seats in the 1999 elections, but only narrowly lost the 2003 elections, in which it won 45.6% of the popular vote and seven of the 15 seats.

In the July 2008 general election, the NDC won 11 out of 15 seats, and party leader Tillman Thomas became prime minister.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Despite a 40% vote share in the 2013 election, the party lost all its seats to the New National Party under Keith Mitchell, which obtained all 15 seats.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

The NDC was affiliated to the former Central American liberal organisation FELICA (the Federation of Liberal Parties of Central America and the Caribbean),<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> also known as the {{#invoke:Lang|lang}}.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The party maintains close links with the other center-left political parties in the English-speaking Caribbean such as the Democratic Labour Party in Barbados.

List of leaders of the National Democratic Congress

Leader	Took office	Left office
George Brizan<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	1987	1989
Nicholas Brathwaite	1989	4 September 1994
George Brizan	4 September 1994	October 2000
Tillman Thomas	2000	2 February 2014
Nazim Burke	2 February 2014	1 July 2018
Franka Bernardine	3 November 2019	31 October 2021
Dickon Mitchell	31 October 2021	incumbent

Electoral history

House of Representatives elections

Election	Party leader	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Position	Result
1990	Nicholas Brathwaite	13,637	34.5%	Template:Composition bar	Template:Increase 7	Template:Increase 1st	Minority government
1995	George Brizan	13,372	30.6%	Template:Composition bar	Template:Decrease 2	Template:Decrease 2nd	Template:No2
1999		10,396	25.1%	Template:Composition bar	Template:Decrease 5	Template:Steady 2nd	Template:Eliminated
2003	Tillman Thomas	21,445	45.4%	Template:Composition bar	Template:Increase 7	Template:Steady 2nd	Template:No2
2008		29,007	51.2%	Template:Composition bar	Template:Increase 4	Template:Increase 1st	Template:Yes2
2013		22,377	40.6%	Template:Composition bar	Template:Decrease 11	Template:Decrease 2nd	Template:No2Template:Efn
2018	Nazim Burke	23,243	40.5%	Template:Composition bar	Template:Steady	Template:Steady 2nd	Template:Eliminated
2022	Dickon Mitchell	31,398	51.8%	Template:Composition bar	Template:Increase 9	Template:Increase 1st	Template:Yes2

External links

• Official website

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