| National Democratic Congress | |
| Abbreviation: | NDC |
| Leader: | Dickon Mitchell[1] |
| Chairperson: | Tevin Andrews |
| Split: | New National Party |
| Youth Wing: | National Democratic Youth Movement |
| Ideology: | Social democracy Social liberalism Republicanism[2] Progressivism |
| Position: | Centre-left[3] |
| Religion: | Secular |
| International: | Progressive Alliance[4] |
| Colors: | Red, gold and green |
| Seats1 Title: | House of Representatives |
| Seats2 Title: | Senate |
| Country: | Grenada |
The National Democratic Congress (NDC), also known as the National Democratic Congress of Grenada, Carriacou and Petite Martinique,[6] 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.
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,[7] 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.[8] 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.[9]
The NDC was affiliated to the former Central American liberal organisation FELICA (the Federation of Liberal Parties of Central America and the Caribbean),[10] also known as the Spanish; Castilian: Federación de Partidos Liberales de Centroamérica y el Caribe.[11] 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.
| width=10% | Leader | width=10% | Took office | width=10% | Left office |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Brizan[12] | 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 | |||
| 31 October 2021 | incumbent |
| Election | Party leader | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Position | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Nicholas Brathwaite | 13,637 | 34.5% | 7 | 1st | Minority 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 |