The New Patriotic Party is a liberal democratic

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 and liberal conservative party

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 in Ghana

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 and one of two dominant parties in Ghanaian politics. The party is center-right, its leading rival being the National Democratic Congress

National Democratic Congress (Ghana)

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. It supplied former president John Agyekum Kufuor. At the elections

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, held on 7 December 2004, the party won 129 out of 230 seats. The NPP candidate was John Kufuor

John Kufuor

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, who was re-elected

Ghanaian presidential election, 2004

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 president with 52.75% of the vote. The party symbol is the elephant and the party colors are red, white, and blue.

Later in that year, the NPP candidate, Nana Akuffo-Addo lost the elections in a closely contested run off.