National People's Party (India)

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{{short description|Political party in India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2019}}
{{Infobox Indian political party
| name = National People's Party
| abbreviation = NPP
| logo = National People's Party logo.jpg
| flag = [[File:NPP Flag.jpg|150x150px]]
| native_name =
| colorcode = {{party color|National People's Party (India)}}
| president = [[Conrad Sangma]]
| loksabha_leader = [[Agatha Sangma]]
| foundation = {{Start date and years ago|df=yes|p=y|2013|01|06}}
| founder = [[P. A. Sangma]]
| headquarters = Shillong, Meghalaya
| loksabha_seats = {{Composition bar|1|543|hex={{party color|National People's Party (India)}}}}
| rajyasabha_seats = {{Composition bar|1|245|hex={{party color|National People's Party (India)}}}}
| state_seats_name = [[State legislative assemblies of India|State Legislative Assembly]]
| state_seats = [[Meghalaya Legislative Assembly]]{{Composition bar|28|60|hex={{party color|National People's Party (India)}}}} <br /> [[Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]{{Composition bar|4|60|hex={{party color|National People's Party (India)}}}} <br />
[[Manipur Legislative Assembly]]{{Composition bar|4|60|hex={{party color|National People's Party (India)}}}} <br />
| no_states = {{Composition bar|3|31|hex={{party color|National People's Party (India)}}}}
| eci = [[List of political parties in India#National Parties|National Party]]
| ideology = [[Regionalism (politics)|Regionalism]]<br />[[Ethnocentrism]]
| alliance = [[National Democratic Alliance]]
| split = [[Nationalist Congress Party]]
| youth = National People’s Youth Front
| students = National People's Students Union-NPSU
| women = National People's Women Committee
| position =
| symbol = [[File:Indian Election Symbol Book.svg|150px]]
| website = {{URL|https://www.nppindia.in/}}
| rajyasabha_leader = [[Wanweiroy Kharlukhi]]}}

The '''National People's Party''' is a national-level [[political party]] in India, though its influence is mostly concentrated in the state of [[Meghalaya]]. The party was founded by [[P. A. Sangma|P A Sangma]] after his expulsion from the [[Nationalist Congress Party|NCP]] in July 2012. It was accorded [[List of political parties in India|national party status]] on 7 June 2019. It is the first political party from [[Northeast India|Northeastern India]] to have attained this status.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/npp-becomes-first-political-outfit-from-the-northeast-to-get-status-of-national-party-2176843.html|title=NPP Becomes First Political Outfit from the Northeast to get Status of National Party|website=News18|access-date=2019-06-13}}</ref>

==History==
In January 2013, [[P. A. Sangma]] launched the party on the national level. He announced that his party would be in alliance with the [[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]] led by [[Bharatiya Janta Party]]. Sangma also reiterated that though the membership of the party is open to all, it shall be a [[tribal]]centric party.<ref name=IT>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/north/story/pa-sangma-launches-national-peoples-party-npp-forms-alliance-with-nda-150879-2013-01-05|title=Sangma launches National People's Party, forms alliance with NDA|first1=PTI New|last1=DelhiJanuary 5|first2=2013UPDATED|last2=January 5|first3=2013 17:22|last3=Ist|website=India Today}}</ref>

Sangma who has been a nine-time [[Member of Parliament]], had announced to form a new political party soon after his expulsion from the [[Nationalist Congress Party]] in July 2012, when he refused to accept party decision to quit the [[2012 Indian presidential election]]. NPP contested the assembly election of [[Rajasthan Legislative Assembly|Rajasthan]] in December 2013, under the leadership of [[Kirodi Lal Meena]], a former BJP member and MP (Independent from [[Dausa (Lok Sabha constituency)|Dausa]]) at the time of election and won four seats.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://rajassembly.nic.in/|title=Rajasthan Legislative Assembly|website=rajassembly.nic.in}}</ref>

Currently it is a part of [[North-East Democratic Alliance]] consisting of political parties of the northeast which has supported the [[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]].

In 2015, in a rare move election commission has suspended NPP for its failure to provide party's expenditure during Lok Sabha Elections held in 2014. NPP became first party to get suspended by EC.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.livemint.com/Politics/V7hkdyj6Yrhi8r4xmQkpeK/EC-suspends-National-Peoples-Party-for-not-providing-expens.html|title=EC suspends National People's Party for not providing expense report|date=17 June 2015|website=mint}}</ref>

In September 2015, the leaders of six parties—[[Samajwadi Party]], [[Nationalist Congress Party]], [[Jan Adhikar Party]], [[Samras Samaj Party]], National People's Party and [[Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)|Samajwadi Janata Party]] announced the formation of a third front known as the [[Socialist Secular Morcha]].<ref name=ET1>{{cite web|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/samajwadi-party-teams-up-with-pappu-yadav-ncp-3-others-to-form-third-front/articleshow/49028112.cms|title=Samajwadi Party teams up with Pappu Yadav, NCP, 3 others to form third front|work=Times of India}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/bihar-elections-2015/news/mulayam-front-suffers-big-blow-ncp-to-go-it-alone/articleshow/49392765.cms|title=Mulayam front suffers big blow, NCP to go it alone - Times of India|website=The Times of India}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/bihar-polls-ncp-quits-third-front-cites-mulayam-singhs-pro-bjp-statement/articleshow/49386359.cms|title=Bihar polls: NCP quits Third Front, cites Mulayam Singh's 'pro-BJP statement'|via=The Economic Times}}</ref> National People's Party is fighting on 3 seats as part of [[Socialist Secular Morcha]] in [[2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]].<ref name=ET1 />

In May 2016, after the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] led [[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]] formed its first government in [[Assam]], and formed a new alliance called the [[North-East Democratic Alliance]] (NEDA) with [[Himanta Biswa Sarma]] as its convener. The Chief Ministers of the north eastern states of [[Sikkim]], [[Assam]] and [[Nagaland]] too belong to this alliance. Thus, the National People's Party joined the BJP-led NEDA.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/amit-shah-holds-meeting-with-northeast-cms-forms-alliance/story-YDYLQ6YsImuzZOQ6Zev5MO.html|title=Amit Shah holds meeting with northeast CMs, forms alliance|date=25 May 2016|website=Hindustan Times}}</ref>

The NPP contested 9 candidates in the [[2017 Manipur Legislative Assembly election]] and won 4 seats.

The NPP won 19 seats in the [[2018 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election]]. Although the ruling [[Indian National Congress]] emerged as the single largest party, the [[North-East Democratic Alliance|NEDA]] collectively held a majority. [[Conrad Sangma]] thus became Chief Minister, becoming the first member of the party to lead an Indian state.<ref>{{cite news|title=Hung Assembly in Meghalaya, Congress single largest party|url=http://www.thehindu.com/elections/meghalaya-2018/hung-assembly-in-meghalaya-congress-single-largest-party/article22919518.ece|access-date=5 March 2018|work=The Hindu|date=3 March 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Meghalaya assembly elections 2018: NPP-led alliance all set to form govt|url=http://www.livemint.com/Politics/HENVCUo4AYfgfwqu27XNhJ/Meghalaya-assembly-elections-2018-NPPled-alliance-all-set.html|access-date=5 March 2018|work=Mint|date=5 March 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Congress outsmarted in Meghalaya, Conrad Sangma to be sworn in March 6|url=http://www.thehindu.com/elections/meghalaya-2018/npps-conrad-sangma-to-be-sworn-in-as-cm-in-meghalaya/article22925085.ece|access-date=5 March 2018|agency=Press Trust of India|work=The Hindu|date=4 March 2018}}</ref>

==Election symbol==

Its election symbol is a book.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://eci.gov.in/eci_main/ElectoralLaws/OrdersNotifications/Notification_symbol_08032011.pdf |title=Political Parties And Election Symbols as on 08-03-2011 |access-date=7 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130128045248/http://eci.gov.in/eci_main/ElectoralLaws/OrdersNotifications/Notification_symbol_08032011.pdf |archive-date=28 January 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The significance for the same is that the party believes that only literacy and education can empower the weaker sections.<ref name=IT/>

==Elections==

The party won a seat in 2014 Loksabha elections from [[Tura (Lok Sabha constituency)|Tura]] and Sangma became MP. After the death of P. A. Sangama, from this seat his son [[Conrad Sangma]] won by-election held in May 2016. The party had proposed to contest election and expand its base in tribal constituencies of [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[Maharashtra]], [[Rajasthan]], [[Gujarat]], [[Jharkhand]], [[Chhattisgarh]], [[Madhya Pradesh]], [[Orissa, India|Orissa]], north [[Bengal|West Bengal]] and the [[Northeast India]].<ref name=IT/>

In March 2018, the party won 19 out of 60 assembly seats in the [[2018 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election|Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election 2018]] and formed government in the state in coalition with [[BJP]] and other parties and party president [[Conrad Sangma]] sworn in as Chief Minister of the state. In May 2018, the party won [[Williamnagar]] Assembly seat in a by-election making its tally to 20 out of 60 assembly seats in [[Meghalaya Legislative Assembly]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/williamnagar-by-election-npp-candidate-marcuise-marak-wins-meghalaya-assembly-bypolls-1734635.html|title=Williamnagar By-Election: NPP Candidate Marcuise Marak Wins Meghalaya Assembly Bypolls|date=1 May 2018|website=News18}}</ref><ref name=Williamnagar>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/npp-wins-williamnagar-assembly-seat-in-meghalaya/article23736926.ece|title=NPP wins Williamnagar Assembly seat in Meghalaya|work=The Hindu|date=1 May 2018}}</ref>

===Election Results===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
|'''Election'''
|'''State'''
|'''Seats Won'''
|'''Total Seats'''
|-
|2014
|Lok Sabha
|[[Meghalaya]]
|1
|2
|-
| [[2017 Manipur Legislative Assembly election|2017]]
| Assembly
| [[Manipur]]
| 4
| 60<ref name=M1>{{Cite web|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/manipur-election-results-2017/articleshow/57576559.cms|title=Manipur elections results Live: Manipur election results 2017|via=The Economic Times}}</ref>
|-
| [[2018 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election|2018]]
| Assembly
| Meghalaya
| 20
| 60<ref name=Williamnagar/>
|-
| [[2018 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election|2018]]
| Assembly
| [[Nagaland]]
| 2
| 60<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://eciresults.nic.in/PartyWiseResult.htm|title=Manipur election results 2018}}</ref>
|-
| [[2019 Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2019]]
| Assembly
| [[Arunachal Pradesh]]
| 5
| 60<ref>[http://results.eci.gov.in/ac/en/partywise/partywiseresult-S02.htm?st=S02]{{Dead link|date=April 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
|-
|[[2019 Indian general election|2019]]
|Lok Sabha
|Meghalaya
|1
|2
|-
|}

=== Rajasthan Legislative Assembly ===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Electoral performance in the [[Rajasthan Legislative Assembly]]
|-
! rowspan=2|Election
! rowspan=2|Leader
! colspan=2|Votes
! colspan=2|Seats
! rowspan=2|Position
! rowspan=2|Resulting government
|-
! #
! %
! #
! ±
|-
![[2013 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election|2013]]
| [[Kirodi Lal Meena]]
| 13,12,402
| 4.25
| {{Composition bar|4|200|hex=#DB7093}}
| {{increase}} 4
|4th
|{{no2|{{nowrap|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] [[majority government|majority]]}}}}
|-
|}

=== Manipur Legislative Assembly ===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Electoral performance in the [[Manipur Legislative Assembly]]
|-
! rowspan=2|Election
! rowspan=2|Leader
! colspan=2|Votes
! colspan=2|Seats
! rowspan=2|Position
! rowspan=2|Resulting government
|-
! #
! %
! #
! ±
|-
![[2017 Manipur Legislative Assembly election|2017]]
| [[Conrad Sangma]]
| 83,744
| 20.60
| {{Composition bar|4|60|hex=#DB7093}}
| {{increase}}4
|4th
|{{yes2|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] [[Coalition government|Coalition]]}}
|-
|}

=== Nagaland Legislative Assembly ===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Electoral performance in the [[Nagaland Legislative Assembly]]
|-
! rowspan=2|Election
! rowspan=2|Leader
! colspan=2|Votes
! colspan=2|Seats
! rowspan=2|Position
! rowspan=2|Resulting government
|-
! #
! %
! #
! ±
|-
|-
|-
![[2018 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election|2018]]
| [[Conrad Sangma]]
| 69,506
| 6.92
| {{Composition bar|2|60|hex=#DB7093}}
| {{increase}}2
|4th
|{{yes2|[[Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party|NDPP]] [[Coalition government|Coalition]]}}
|-
|}

=== Meghalaya Legislative Assembly ===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Electoral performance in the [[Meghalaya Legislative Assembly]]
|-
! rowspan=2|Election
! rowspan=2|Leader
! colspan=2|Votes
! colspan=2|Seats
! rowspan=2|Position
! rowspan=2|Resulting government
|-
! #
! %
! #
! ±
|-
|-
|-
![[2013 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election|2013]]
| [[Conrad Sangma]]
| 1,16,251
| 8.8
| {{Composition bar|02|60|hex=#DB7093}}
| {{increase}}2
| 3rd
|{{no2|NPP [[Coalition government|Oppotion]]}}
|-
![[2018 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election|2018]]
| [[Conrad Sangma]]
| 2,33,745
| 20.60
| {{Composition bar|19|60|hex=#DB7093}}
| {{increase}}17
|2nd
|{{yes2|NPP [[Coalition government|Coalition]]}}
|-
|}

=== Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly ===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Electoral performance in the [[Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]
|-
! rowspan=2|Election
! rowspan=2|Leader
! colspan=2|Votes
! colspan=2|Seats
! rowspan=2|Position
! rowspan=2|Resulting government
|-
! #
! %
! #
! ±
|-
|-
|-
![[2019 Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2019]]
| [[Conrad Sangma]]
| 90,347
| 14.56
| {{Composition bar|5|60|hex=#DB7093}}
| {{increase}}5
|3rd
|{{yes2|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] [[Majority government|Majority]]}}
|-
|}

==Members of Parliament==
===Lok Sabha===
'''[[Tura (Lok Sabha constituency)|Tura Lok Sabha]], [[Meghalaya]]'''
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
! No.
! Lok Sabha
! Year
! Elected Member
|-
! 1
|rowspan=2| [[16th Lok Sabha]]
| 2014
| [[Purno Agitok Sangma]]
|-
! 2
| 2016
| [[Conrad Sangma]]
|-
! 3
| [[17th Lok Sabha]]
| 2019
| [[Agatha Sangma]]
|-
|}

===Rajya Sabha===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
! No.
! State
! Elected Member
!Date of Appointment
!Date of Retirement
|-
! 1
| [[Meghalaya]]
| [[Wanweiroy Kharlukhi]]
| 22-Jun-2020
| 21-Jun-2026
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{official}}
*[https://www.indiaelections2014.info/parliament/2019/states/meghalaya/tura/lok_sabha_parliamentary_election_2019_dates.html Tura lok sabha constituency election 2019 date and schedule]

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