National Democratic Party (British Guiana)

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The National Democratic Party (NDP) was a political party in British Guiana led by Rudy Kendall.

History

The NDP was created as a spin-off from the League of Coloured People (LCP).[1] It contested 15 of the 24 constituencies in the 1953 general elections,[2] and was backed by the media, as well as the LCP, the Manpower Citizens' Association and other trade unions. Its support base was largely amongst the middle class Afro-Guyanese population, although it also had some middle class Indo-Guyanese and Portuguese members, including Lionel Luckhoo.[1][3] Prior to the elections, two splinter groups left the party to form the People's National Party and the United Guiana Party.[3]

The elections saw the party receive 13% of the vote, winning only two of the 24 seats in the House of Assembly, taken by Kendall (who won in New Amsterdam) and Eugene Francis Correia (Bartica and Interior).[4]

In 1955 the party merged into the new United Democratic Party.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 The PPP'S First Government, 1953 Library of Congress Country Studies
  2. ↑ Odeen Ishmael (2013) The Guyana Story, Xlibris Corporation, p126
  3. 1 2 The election campaign in 1953 Guyana.org
  4. ↑ Historical information events and dates on the Parliament of Guyana from 1718 to 2006 Parliament of Guyana
  5. ↑ Charles D Ameringer (1993) Political Parties of the Americas, 1980s to 1990s: Canada, Latin America, and the West Indies, Greenwood Publishing Group, p357
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