National People's Party (India)

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The official election symbol of the NPP, a book

The National People's Party ( NPP , "National People's Party") is a party founded in 2012 in India. Its main focus is in the state of Meghalaya .

Party history

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The party was founded in 2012 by Purno Agitok Sangma , a longtime politician from Meghalaya. Sangma began his political career in the Congress Party and was Chief Minister of Meghalaya and Minister in several Indian federal governments from 1988 to 1990 . In 1999 he joined the dissidents around Sharad Pawar , who opposed Sonia Gandhi as the new party leader, and was one of the founders of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP). In 2012 there was an open rift between Sangma and the NCP party leadership under Sharad Pawar. The occasion was the presidential election in July 2012 . The opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had tried to bring together a coalition of parties for a common candidate in order to prevent the election of the candidate of the Congress party Pranab Mukherjee . Sangma was proposed as a BJP candidate. This was not averse to a candidacy. However, the NCP party leadership was strictly against it and ultimately supported Mukherjee's election. Sangma then resigned from the NCP in June 2012 and became a presidential candidate of the BJP and several other parties allied with it. However, the presidential election the following month was lost for him. Sangma then founded his own party in Meghalaya on August 23, 2012, the National People's Party (NPP). The following day, all 12 NCP MPs in the Meghalaya regional parliament joined the new party. Sangma announced that the new party was open to everyone, but wanted to focus on representing the interests of the tribal peoples throughout India (“ NPP will be tribal-centric but will be open to all ”). The party wants to win the 46 constituencies that are reserved for Scheduled Tribes , ie "tribal populations" in the Indian parliament, as well as some more that are dominated by Adivasi . On January 5, 2013, Sangma announced the expansion of NPP activities to all of India. The NPP should be a national and not a regional party. At the same time, the NPP joined the BJP-led party alliance National Democratic Alliance (NDA).

In the 2013 election to the Meghalaya Parliament, the new party was disappointed, winning just 8.8% of the vote and 2 out of 60 constituencies. In India's general election in 2014 , the NPP won a constituency, 2-Tura in Meghalaya, where Sangma was elected.

From June 12 to July 1, 2015, the Indian Election Commission suspended the recognition of the NPP as a political party because it failed to provide the necessary information about its campaign expenses.

The party leader and only Lok Sabha member of the party, Purno Agitok Sangma, died quite unexpectedly on March 4, 2016. His son Conrad Sangma then took over the party chairmanship of the NPP and was also able to win the 2-Tura constituency occupied by his father in a by-election on May 19, 2016. In the parliamentary elections in Meghalaya on February 27, 2018, the NPP won 19 out of 59 seats, which meant a considerable election success (+17 seats gained). On March 6, 2018, party leader Conrad Sangma was sworn in as the new Chief Minister of Meghalaya at the head of a multiparty coalition.

On June 7, 2019, the NPP was recognized as a " national party " by the Indian Electoral Commission based on its previous election results .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The abbreviation "NPP" is also used by other Indian parties, e.g. B. the Nagaland People's Party.
  2. ^ Former NCP leader PA Sangma to float National People's Party. NDTV, August 23, 2012, accessed on March 11, 2016 .
  3. ^ PA Sangma and new political party. The Shillong Times, September 10, 2012, accessed March 11, 2016 .
  4. ^ Sangma launches National People's Party, forms alliance with NDA. indiatoday.in, January 5, 2013, accessed on March 11, 2016 .
  5. ↑ STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2013 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF MEGHALAYA. Indian Electoral Commission, accessed April 11, 2016 .
  6. ↑ List of successful candidates. (PDF) Accessed March 11, 2016 (English).
  7. ↑ Raghvendra Rao: Election Commission suspends recognition of PA Sangma-led National People's Party. The Indian Express, June 17, 2015, accessed March 11, 2016 .
  8. ↑ Restoration of Recognition of National People's Party that had been suspended under para 16A of the Election Symbols (Reservation and Allotment) Order 1968. Indian Election Commission, July 1, 2015, accessed on March 18, 2018 (English).
  9. ^ Former Lok Sabha Speaker PA Sangma Passes Away. The New Indian express, March 4, 2016, accessed March 11, 2016 .
  10. ↑ Conrad Sangma wins Tura LS bypoll by nearly 2 lakh votes. The Business Times, May 19, 2016, accessed March 17, 2018 .
  11. ^ Alok Pandey, Sunetra Choudhury, Shylaja Varma: Meghalaya Election Result: BJP, Congress Scramble Top Leaders As Meghalaya Heads For Hung House. NDTV, March 3, 2018, accessed on March 17, 2018 .
  12. ↑ Shiv Sahay Singh: Conrad Sangma sworn in as Meghalaya CM. The Hindu, March 6, 2018, accessed March 17, 2018 .
  13. ^ Recognition of National People's Party as National Party. Indian Electoral Commission, June 7, 2019, accessed August 9, 2019 .