[5][6][7] Since the democratisation of Ghana in 1992, it has been one of the two dominant parties in Ghanaian politics, with its leading rival being the centre-left National Democratic Congress (NDC).

In the 2012 general election, the NPP faced a similar situation from vote results provided by the Electoral Commission of Ghana (EC).

[16] After more than a decade of military rule by Jerry John Rawlings, the government, along with some stakeholders, drafted a constitution for which a Referendum election was organized.

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Kukurudu lost the 1992 presidential elections to the National Democratic Congress led by Jerry John Rawlings.

This protest however led to some reforms in the electoral system, notably the use of transparent ballot boxes at polling stations, issuing of voter ID cards and the use of indelible ink (which lasted for a month) to mark people who had been registered to avoid double voting.

[20] After more than a decade of military rule by Jerry John Rawlings, the government, along with some stakeholders, drafted a constitution for which a Referendum election was organized.

However, some members of the party led by Florence Ekwam challenged Pianim's eligibility due to a prior conviction during the PNDC era.

On 20 April 1996, John Kufuor was nominated as the NPP presidential candidate with 1034 out of 2000 delegates drawn from all the 200 Constituencies to run for the presidency in the general election held on 10 December 1996.

Pianim, however, resigned from the NPP and Peter Ala Adjetey, the party chairman, handed over the chairmanship to Samuel Odoi-Sykes.

According to the NPP leadership, figures in certain constituencies had been massaged, hence the results published by the Electoral Commission and the Ghana press (mostly Peace FM online and Ghanaweb) were not accurate.

The complaint led to a delay in the declaration of the results, sparking angry NDC demonstrators onto the streets of the capital city Accra.

After revising the figures, he asserted that although John Atta Mills was leading in the popular votes, the number of registered voters in the Tain constituency were enough to swing the election the other way.

[8] The New Patriotic Party campaigned on an anti-corruption platform,[8] and to provide free SHS (Secondary High School) education for the population of Ghana.

[25] The New Patriotic Party filed a writ with the Supreme Court of Ghana requesting that the results declared by the electoral commission be invalidated.

Despite claiming publicly that the election was rigged by the ruling NDC government, their writ in court alleged that there were inconsistencies and irregularities at certain polling stations.

The Supreme Court of Ghana, headed by Justice Atuguba, gave its final verdict, with the majority opinion stating that even if there were inconsistencies, they were unimportant and could not have altered the election's result.

[28] John Mukum Mbaku of the Brookings Institution praised Akufo-Addo for showing magnimity in victory and Mahama for conceding defeat, facilitating a peaceful transition process.

Mbaku said that the 2016 election solidified Ghana's credentials as a country "willing to strengthen its democratic institutions and to enhance its ability to live within the rule of law.

[32] During the 2020 general election, Akufo-Addo campaigned on a $17 billion economic recovery programme to address the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Ghana's oil and cocoa exports.

[32] During the 2024 presidential election, Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia stood as the NPP's candidate against NDC leader and former President John Mahama.

The 2024 general election occurred against the backdrop of an economic recession, rising food prices, a record unemployment rate of 14.7%, corruption and illegal mining.

[35][36] The Commonwealth Observer Group's leader former Botswanan President Mokgweetsi Masisi certified the election as largely free and fair, praising Vice-President Bawumia for exemplary statesmanship in his concession speech.

While the Commonwealth Observation Group praised election authorities for facilitating access to the polling booths for disabled and elderly people, it expressed concerns about incidents of deadly violence and wheel chair-bound individuals experiencing long queues.

[43] Founded on 28 July 1992, the party's mission is to unite citizens in the pursuit of freedom, justice, and the protection of human rights through true democracy.