The National Democratic Congress is a liberal centre-left

Centre-left

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 political party

Political party

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 in Grenada

Grenada

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. Tillman Thomas

Tillman Thomas

Tillman Joseph Thomas is a Grenadian politician, currently serving as Prime Minister of Grenada. He is also the leader of the National Democratic Congress .-Biography:...

 is the party's leader, Nazim Burke

Nazim Burke

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 is its deputy leader, and Peter David

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 is its General Secretary. It is currently the governing party; previously, it was the governing party from 1990 to 1995.

The party was founded in 1987 by George Brizan

George Brizan

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 and Francis Alexis

Francis Alexis

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, as a party opposed to the New National Party

New National Party (Grenada)

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 government that came to power in the 1984 elections

Grenadian general election, 1984

General elections were held in Grenada on 3 December 1984, the first after the invasion that followed two coups. The result was a victory for the New National Party, which won 14 of the 15 seats. Voter turnout was 86.2%.-Results:...

 after the American invasion of Grenada

Invasion of Grenada

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. It won the 1990 elections

Grenadian general election, 1990

General elections were held in Grenada on 13 March 1990. The result was a victory for the National Democratic Congress, which won seven of the 15 seats. Voter turnout was 68.4%.-Results:...

, with Nicholas Brathwaite

Nicholas Brathwaite

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 becoming Prime Minister. It lost power to the NNP in the 1995 elections

Grenadian general election, 1995

General elections were held in Grenada on 20 June 1995. The result was a victory for the New National Party, which won eight of the 15 seats. Voter turnout was 61.7%.-Results:...

, 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

Grenadian general election, 1999

General elections were held in Grenada on 18 January 1999. The governing New National Party of Prime Minister Keith Mitchell was re-elected after winning all 15 seats. Voter turnout was 56.5%.-Background:...

, 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

Grenadian general election, 2008

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, the NDC won 11 out of 15 seats, and party leader Tillman Thomas became Prime Minister.

The party was affiliated to the former Central American liberal organisation FELICA. The party maintains close links with the other centre-left political parties in the English-speaking Caribbean such as the Democratic Labour Party

Democratic Labour Party (Barbados)

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