Managing Election- Relation Violence for Democratic Stability in Ghana It is worth noting that the source data do not indicate which party the independent candidates broke away from. Also, because of the periodic redemarcation of constituency boundaries, old results such as those of 1992 may not reflect current realities. However, the above analysis provides a very useful indicator of the locations of unresolved political tensions such as Atebubu North, Ledzokuku-Krowor and Wulensi. 60 There are many more constituencies that featured independent candidates in the 2004 and 2008 parliamentary elections. In most cases, the independent candidates took votes from their former parties and contributed to the victory of the opposing parties, thereby affecting their former party's share of seats in Parliament. Coincidentally, both the NDC and NPP have taken steps to address such election­related grievances of their candidates since 2000 but as the above figures show, the impact is yet to be felt. New Patriotic Party(NPP) In terms of managing conflicts, the main blocs within the party are the Kufuor bloc and the Akufo-Addo bloc. The genesis of the division dates back to the run-up to the 1996 NPP presidential primaries in which the two candidates traded accusations. Kufuor won the primaries then, but lost the national elections to the then NDC candidate President Rawlings. The rivalry was to resume in the primaries for the 2000 presidential elections in which Mr. Kufuor won the primaries and went on to win the presidential elections over then candidate Atta-Mills as the NDC flagbearer (Mills was also the sitting Vice-President at the time). Party insiders believe that the Kufuor's victory resulted in reprisals against Akufo-Addo supporters across the country(Daily Guide, 60 These three constituencies featured several independent candidates in the parliamentary elections of 1996, 2004 and 2008. 157