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"partyfacts_id": 4842, "name_short": "NCP", "name": "National Convention Party", "name_english": "National Convention Party", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1992, "year_last": 1996, "share": 19.2, "share_year": 1992, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Convention_Party_(Ghana)", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 4839, "name_short": "UNC", "name": "United National Convention", "name_english": "United National Convention", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1979, "year_last": 1981, "share": 17.5, "share_year": 1979, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_National_Convention", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 4732, "name_short": "NPP", "name": "Northern People's Party", "name_english": "Northern People's Party", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1954, "year_last": 1957, "share": 9.7, "share_year": 1954, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_People's_Party", "description": 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Each record includes the Party Facts ID, short and long names (localized + English + other transliterations), first and last years of activity, peak vote share with year, and Wikipedia link where available. The Party Facts project links party identities across major comparative-politics datasets (ParlGov, MARPOR/Manifesto, CHES, V-Party, etc.). Contains 21 records. Download in Excel, CSV, PDF formats.", "seo_title": "Ghana — Political Parties | ListBase", "seo_description": "Download Ghana — Political Parties dataset with 21 records. Available in Excel, CSV, PDF formats.", "key_takeaways": [ "Contains 21 records with 13 fields", "Available for free download in Excel, CSV, and PDF formats", "Data sourced from https://github.com/hdigital/partyfactsdata" ] } }