Kammala jumlar da ke gaba: George Brizan da Francis Alexis ne suka kafa jam'iyyar a 1987 a matsayin jam'iyyar da ke adawa da gwamnatin New National Party wanda ya hau mulki a zaben 1984 bayan da aka yi watsi da mulkin mallaka na kasar.
Amurka ta mamaye Grenada. Ya lashe zaben 1990, tare da Nicholas Brathwaite ya zama Firayim Minista. Ya rasa iko ga NNP a zaben 1995, wanda aka gudanar jim kadan bayan Brathwaite ya yi murabus. NDC ta kasance a cikin adawa har tsawon shekaru 13. Ya kasa lashe kujeru a zaben 1999, amma ya yi rashin nasara ne kawai a zaben 2003, inda ya lashe kashi 45.6% na kuri'un jama'a da bakwai daga cikin kujeru 15.