Political Parties

Name: Ghana Political Parties
Creator: Wikidata
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Political parties in Ghana, current and historic, with abbreviation, founding year, stated ideology, headquarters and website. Sourced from Wikidata, CC0. 59 records.

v1.0last updated Sep 18, 2026 · snapshotlisting updated Sep 18, 2026GH₵9.0059 recordsGovernance

Fields

Every column this dataset returns, with its type. This is the shape of the API response.

Field	Type
name	TEXT NOT NULL
description	TEXT
abbreviation	TEXT
founded_year	INTEGER
ideology	TEXT
headquarters	TEXT
website	TEXT
wikidata_id	TEXT
source	TEXT

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First 5 rows of Political Parties
nameTEXT NOT NULL	descriptionTEXT	abbreviationTEXT	founded yearINTEGER	ideologyTEXT	headquartersTEXT	websiteTEXT	wikidata idTEXT	sourceTEXT
Action Congress Party	political party	—	1979	—	—	—	Q343619	Wikidata (CC0)
All People's Congress	political party in Ghana	—	2016	—	—	—	Q56274300	Wikidata (CC0)
All People's Party	Political party in Ghana	—	1981	—	—	—	Q2647809	Wikidata (CC0)
All People's Republican Party	political party	—	1969	liberal democracy	—	—	Q916141	Wikidata (CC0)
Anlo Youth Organisation	political party	—	1952	—	—	—	Q557907	Wikidata (CC0)

nameTEXT NOT NULL	descriptionTEXT	abbreviationTEXT	founded yearINTEGER	ideologyTEXT	headquartersTEXT	websiteTEXT	wikidata idTEXT	sourceTEXT
example-name-1	example-description-1	example-abbreviation-1	10	example-ideology-1	example-headquarters-1	example-website-1	10	example-source-1
example-name-2	example-description-2	example-abbreviation-2	20	example-ideology-2	example-headquarters-2	example-website-2	20	example-source-2
example-name-3	example-description-3	example-abbreviation-3	30	example-ideology-3	example-headquarters-3	example-website-3	30	example-source-3
example-name-4	example-description-4	example-abbreviation-4	40	example-ideology-4	example-headquarters-4	example-website-4	40	example-source-4
example-name-5	example-description-5	example-abbreviation-5	50	example-ideology-5	example-headquarters-5	example-website-5	50	example-source-5
example-name-6	example-description-6	example-abbreviation-6	60	example-ideology-6	example-headquarters-6	example-website-6	60	example-source-6
example-name-7	example-description-7	example-abbreviation-7	70	example-ideology-7	example-headquarters-7	example-website-7	70	example-source-7
example-name-8	example-description-8	example-abbreviation-8	80	example-ideology-8	example-headquarters-8	example-website-8	80	example-source-8

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Endpoint

GET connect.apighana.com/api/data/political_parties

Auth: X-API-Key header
Pagination: page · limit
Format: JSON
Version: 1.0
Last updated: Sep 18, 2026from the source
Covers: A snapshotas of Sep 18, 2026
Refreshed: monthly
Last checked: Oct 1, 2026had warnings
Source: Wikidata

How to cite

Cite this dataset and the organisation its records come from (Wikidata). Datasets are updated, so keep the date you accessed it in the citation. Last updated from the source on Sep 18, 2026.

API Ghana. (2026). Political parties (Version 1.0) [Data set, compiled from Wikidata]. Retrieved October 1, 2026, from https://apighana.com/datasets/political-parties

Code samples

cURL

curl "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/political_parties?page=1&limit=20" \
  -H "X-API-Key: $APIGHANA_KEY"

JavaScript

const response = await fetch(
  "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/political_parties?page=1&limit=20",
  { headers: { "X-API-Key": process.env.APIGHANA_KEY } },
);

const { data, meta } = await response.json();

Python

import os, requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/political_parties",
    headers={"X-API-Key": os.environ["APIGHANA_KEY"]},
    params={"page": 1, "limit": 20},
)

rows = response.json()["data"]

Field

Type

name

TEXT NOT NULL

description

TEXT

abbreviation

TEXT

founded_year

INTEGER

ideology

TEXT

headquarters

TEXT

website

TEXT

wikidata_id

TEXT

source

TEXT

nameTEXT NOT NULL

descriptionTEXT

abbreviationTEXT

founded yearINTEGER

ideologyTEXT

headquartersTEXT

websiteTEXT

wikidata idTEXT

sourceTEXT

Action Congress Party

political party

—

1979

—

Q343619

Wikidata (CC0)

All People's Congress

political party in Ghana

—

2016

—

Q56274300

Wikidata (CC0)

All People's Party

Political party in Ghana

—

1981

—

Q2647809

Wikidata (CC0)

All People's Republican Party

political party

—

1969

liberal democracy

—

Q916141

Wikidata (CC0)

Anlo Youth Organisation

political party

—

1952

—

Q557907

Wikidata (CC0)

nameTEXT NOT NULL

descriptionTEXT

abbreviationTEXT

founded yearINTEGER

ideologyTEXT

headquartersTEXT

websiteTEXT

wikidata idTEXT

sourceTEXT

example-name-1

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example-name-4

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example-name-5

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example-name-6

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example-name-7

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example-name-8

example-description-8

example-abbreviation-8

example-ideology-8

example-headquarters-8

example-website-8

example-source-8

How to cite

Cite this dataset and the organisation its records come from (Wikidata). Datasets are updated, so keep the date you accessed it in the citation. Last updated from the source on Sep 18, 2026.

API Ghana. (2026). Political parties (Version 1.0) [Data set, compiled from Wikidata]. Retrieved October 1, 2026, from https://apighana.com/datasets/political-parties

Code samples

cURL

curl "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/political_parties?page=1&limit=20" \
  -H "X-API-Key: $APIGHANA_KEY"

JavaScript

const response = await fetch(
  "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/political_parties?page=1&limit=20",
  { headers: { "X-API-Key": process.env.APIGHANA_KEY } },
);

const { data, meta } = await response.json();

Python

import os, requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://connect.apighana.com/api/data/political_parties",
    headers={"X-API-Key": os.environ["APIGHANA_KEY"]},
    params={"page": 1, "limit": 20},
)

rows = response.json()["data"]