The National Democratic Congress (NDC), also known as the National Democratic Congress of Grenada, Carriacou and Petite Martinique, 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, 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. 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.
The NDC was affiliated to the former Central American liberal organisation FELICA (the Federation of Liberal Parties of Central America and the Caribbean), also known as the . 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.
Political leaders of the National Democratic Congress Leader Took office Left office George Brizan 1987 1989 Nicholas Brathwaite 1989 4 September 1994 George Brizan 4 September 1994 1999 Joan Purcell 1999 2000 Tillman Thomas2000 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% 7 1stMinority government 1995 George Brizan 13,372 30.6% 2 2nd 1999 10,396 25.1% 5 2nd 2003 Tillman Thomas 21,445 45.4% 7 2nd 2008 29,007 51.2% 4 1st 2013 22,377 40.6% 11 2nd 2018 Nazim Burke 23,243 40.5% 2nd 2022 Dickon Mitchell 31,398 51.8% 9 1st
References
External links Official website