Dominant Political parties since the Fourth Republic
On December 7th, 2016, Members of seventh Parliament were elected to office. The dissolution of the sixth Parliament took place on the eve of January 6th, 2017 followed by the ushering in of the seventh Parliament of January 7th, 2017.
The predominant parties of representation in Ghana’s parliament have been the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the National Democratic Congress (NDC). Power has rotated between these two parties since the fourth republic commenced in 1992/3.
| Year | 1992 | 1996 | 2000 | 2000 (RO) | 2004 | 2008 | 2008 (RO) | 2012 | 2016 | |
| Political Party | NPP | 30.4 | 39.6 | 48.2 | 56.9 | 52.5 | 49.1 | 49.8 | 47.7 | 53.9 |
| NDC | 58.3 | 57.4 | 44.5 | 43.1 | 44.6 | 47.9 | 50.2 | 50.7 | 44.4 | |
| Others | 11.3 | 3 | 7.3 | – | 2.9 | 3.0 | – | 1.6 | 1.7 |
Source: Boakye (2018)
Others, as indicated above, represent the other political parties that contested in the elections. See more here.
In terms of political party representation in the present parliament, of the 275 MPs, 169 were members of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), 106 belonged to the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC).
Gender representation in the Ghanaian Parliament since 1992
Gender representation in the present parliamentary seating is heavily skewed towards males with 240 males being elected to parliament and only 35 females. In comparison to previous years, female representation in parliament has steadily improved.
