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| headquarters = Shillong, Meghalaya
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* [[Conservatism]] ([[Conservatism in India|Indian]])<ref>{{cite web | url=https://highlandpost.com/dont-forget-your-roots-identity-conrad-tells-youth/ | title=Don't forget your roots & identity, Conrad tells youth &#124; Highland Post | date=25 November 2023 }}</ref>
| split            = [[Nationalist Congress Party]]
* [[Regionalism (politics)|Regionalism]]<ref>{{cite web |title=National People's Party to further strengthen party base in the region |url=https://m.economictimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/national-peoples-party-to-further-strengthen-party-base-in-the-region/articleshow/69703633.cms |first=Bikash |last=Singh |date=8 June 2019 |website=[[The Economic Times]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Beyond BJP’s rise, NPP emerges as biggest regional outfit in Northeast |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/beyond-bjp-s-rise-npp-emerges-as-biggest-regional-outfit-in-northeast/story-iIjmRA9E7JVK0tLN6fLycM.html |first=Utpal |last=Parashar |date=4 May 2018 |website=[[Hindustan Times]]}}</ref>
| youth            = National People’s Youth Front
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| students          = National People's Students Union-NPSU
| position         = [[Centre-right politics|Centre-right]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.outlookindia.com/national/arunachal-pradesh-npp-president-likha-saaya-calls-party-secular-to-oppose-ucc-implementation-in-state-news-301506/amp#amp_ct=1691128650074&amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&aoh=16911285866845&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com| title=NPP President Likha calls party 'secular'| date=9 July 2023}}</ref>
| women            = National People's Women Committee
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| website          = {{URL|https://www.nppindia.in/}}
| website          = {{URL|https://www.nppindia.in/}}
| rajyasabha_leader = [[Wanweiroy Kharlukhi]]}}
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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>
The '''National People's Party''' ('''NPP''') is a [[Conservatism|conservative]] national [[political party]] in India. It is mostly concentrated in [[Meghalaya]]. Founded by [[P. A. Sangma]] after his expulsion from the [[Nationalist Congress Party]] 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]] 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|date=7 June 2019 |access-date=2019-06-13}}</ref>


==History==
==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 magazine|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|agency=PTI |date=January 5, 2013 |magazine=India Today}}</ref>
On  6 January 2013, [[P. A. Sangma|Sangma]] launched the party at the national level. He announced an 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 was open to all, it shall be a [[tribal |tribal-]]centric party.<ref name=IT>{{Cite news|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|agency=PTI |date=January 5, 2013 |magazine=India Today}}</ref>
 
Sangma is a nine-time [[Member of Parliament]]. In July 2012, he refused to accept the party's decision to quit the [[2012 Indian presidential election]].


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>
The National People's Party had appointed Dheeraj Shukla as the [[District President]] of NPP, [[Jaunpur district|Jaunpur]].


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]].
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 news |last1=Parihar |first1=Rohit |title=Rajasthan: BJP's win is the biggest ever for any party, Congress's loss is the worst |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/assembly-elections-2013/rajasthan/story/rajasthan-election-bjp-win-biggest-ever-congress-loss-biggest-ever-220101-2013-12-07 |access-date=20 Mar 2024 |work=[[India Today]] |date=19 Dec 2013}}</ref>


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>
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 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 2015, in a rare move election commission suspended NPP for its failure to provide the party's expenditure during the 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 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>
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 ahead of the [[2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election]].<ref name=ET1>{{cite news|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|date=19 September 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|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|date=16 October 2015 }}</ref>


The NPP contested 9 candidates in the [[2017 Manipur Legislative Assembly election]] and won 4 seats.
<ref>{{Cite news|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'|newspaper=The Economic Times|date=15 October 2015 }}</ref>


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>
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 northeastern states of [[Sikkim]], Assam, and [[Nagaland]] too belong to this alliance. Thus, the National People's Party joined the 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>


==Election symbol==
The NPP contested nine candidates in the [[2017 Manipur Legislative Assembly election]] and won four seats.


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/>
<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> They won 19 seats in the 2018 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election, although the Indian National Congress emerged as the single largest party,<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> NEDA did well in [[2023 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election|2023 assembly elections]] without any pre-poll alliances. The party emerged as the single largest party and won 26 seats, and formed a government supported by BJP and other NEDA members.<ref>{{cite news |title=More support arrives for Conrad Sangma's NPP to form government in Meghalaya |url=https://www.thehindu.com/elections/meghalaya-assembly/more-support-arrives-for-conrad-sangmas-npp-to-form-government-in-meghalaya/article66584671.ece |access-date=26 Mar 2024 |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=5 Mar 2023}}</ref>


==Elections==
On 6 May 2023, the [[People's Democratic Front (Meghalaya)|People's Democratic Front]] party merged with the National People's Party.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-06 |title=PDF merges with NPP |url=https://theshillongtimes.com/2023/05/06/pdf-merges-with-npp/ |access-date=2023-08-15 |website=The Shillong Times |language=en-US}}</ref>


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. Sangma, 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/>
National People's Party, West Bengal, is the state unit of the National People's Party in the Indian state of West Bengal. The party's headquarters is located in [[Kolkata]], the capital of the state. Anish Kr Singh is currently appointed as the [[State President]] of NPP [[West Bengal]].


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 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/>


===Election Results===
==Key Leaders==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
{|class="wikitable"
!style="background-color:#FDB200;color:white"|Member
!style="background-color:#FDB200;color:white"|Portrait
!style="background-color:#FDB200;color:white"|Current/ Previous Position
!style="background-color:#FDB200;color:white"|Party Position
|-
|-
! Year
|[[Conrad Sangma]]
|'''Election'''
| [[File:The Chief Minister of Meghalaya, Shri Conrad Sangma.JPG|133x133px]]
|'''State'''
|
|'''Seats Won'''
*[[Chief Minister of Meghalaya]] (2018–present)
|'''Total Seats'''
* MLA - [[South Tura (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|South Tura]] (2018–present)
*Former MP [[Tura (Lok Sabha constituency)|Tura]] (2016–2018)
*Leader of Opposition, Meghalaya (2009–2013)
* Former MLA - Selsella (2008–2013)
|National president
 
|-
|-
|2014
| [[Prestone Tynsong]]
|Lok Sabha
| [[File:A delegation from North Eastern States led by the Minister General Administration Home (Civil Defence And Home Guards) Public Health Engineering Relief And Rehabilitation (cropped).jpg|129x129px]]
|[[Meghalaya]]
|
|1
*[[List of current Indian deputy chief ministers|Deputy Chief Minister of Meghalaya]]<br/> (2018 - Present)
|2
* MLA - [[Pynursla (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Pynursla]], Meghalaya (2013 - Present)
| National Vice President
|-
|-
| [[2017 Manipur Legislative Assembly election|2017]]
|[[James Sangma]]
| Assembly
|
| [[Manipur]]
|
| 4
* '''Chairman''' - Meghalaya Industries Development Corporation (2023–present)
| 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>
* Former minister (2018–2023)
|-
* Former MLA, [[Dadenggre (Vidhan Sabha constituency)]] (2008–2023)
| [[2018 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election|2018]]
| National spokesperson, <br /> National General Secretary (I/C), Finance
| 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]]
| [[Thomas A. Sangma]]
| Assembly
|  
| [[Arunachal Pradesh]]
|
| 5
* '''Speaker''' - Meghalaya Legislative Assembly (2023–present)
| 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>
* MLA - [[North Tura (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|North Tura]] (2018–present)
* Former MP, Rajya Sabha (2008–2014)
| National general secretary (I/C), Organisation
|-
|-
|[[2019 Indian general election|2019]]
| [[Agatha Sangma]]
|Lok Sabha
|  
|Meghalaya
|
|1
*[[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]], [[Tura (Lok Sabha constituency)|Tura]] (2019-2024);(2008–2014)
|2
*Union minister of state for rural development (2009–2012)
| National general secretary
|-
|-
|
|
|
|
|}
|}


=== Rajasthan Legislative Assembly ===
== Electoral performance ==


{| class="wikitable sortable"
The party won a seat in [[2014 Indian general election|2014 Loksabha elections]] from [[Tura (Lok Sabha constituency)|Tura]] and Sangma became MP ones again. After the death of P. A. Sangma in 2016, his son [[Conrad Sangma]] won a by-election held in May 2016 fo fill this seat. The party had proposed to contest election and expand its base in tribal constituencies of [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[Maharashtra]], [[Rajasthan]], [[Gujarat]], [[Jharkhand]], [[Chhattisgarh]], [[Madhya Pradesh]], [[Odisha]], northern [[West Bengal]] and the [[Northeast India]].<ref name=IT/>
|+ Electoral performance in the [[Rajasthan Legislative Assembly]]
 
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>
 
In March 2023, the party emerged as the single largest party and won 26 out of 60 assembly seats in the [[2023 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election|Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election 2023]] 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.
 
===General election results===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!style="background-color:{{party color|National People's Party (India)}};color:maroon"|Election
!style="background-color:{{party color|National People's Party (India)}};color:maroon"|Lok sabha
!style="background-color:{{party color|National People's Party (India)}};color:maroon"|Party leader
!style="background-color:{{party color|National People's Party (India)}};color:maroon"|Seats contested
!style="background-color:{{party color|National People's Party (India)}};color:maroon"|Seats won
!style="background-color:{{party color|National People's Party (India)}};color:maroon"|± in seats
!style="background-color:{{party color|National People's Party (India)}};color:maroon"|Overall vote %
!style="background-color:{{party color|National People's Party (India)}};color:maroon"|Vote swing
!style="background-color:{{party color|National People's Party (India)}};color:maroon"|Ref.
|-
|-
! rowspan=2|Election
|[[2014 Indian general election|2014]]
! rowspan=2|Leader
|[[16th Lok Sabha|16th]]
! colspan=2|Votes
|rowspan=3|[[Conrad Sangma]]
! colspan=2|Seats
|8
! rowspan=2|Position
|{{Composition bar|1|543|{{party color|National People's Party (India)}}}}
! rowspan=2|Resulting government
|{{increase}} 1
|0.10
|{{increase}} 0.10
|
|-
|-
! #
|[[2019 Indian general election|2019]]
! %
|[[17th Lok Sabha|17th]]
! #
|11
! ±
|{{Composition bar|1|543|{{party color|National People's Party (India)}}}}
|-
|{{Steady}}
![[2013 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election|2013]]
|0.07
| [[Kirodi Lal Meena]]
|{{decrease}} 0.03
| 13,12,402
|
| 4.25
| {{Composition bar|4|200|hex=#DB7093}}
| {{increase}} 4
|4th
|{{no2|{{nowrap|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] [[majority government|majority]]}}}}
|-
|-
|[[2024 Indian general election|2024]]
|[[18th Lok Sabha|18th]]
|2
|{{Composition bar|0|543|{{party color|National People's Party (India)}}}}
|{{decrease}}1
|0.06
|{{decrease}} 0.01
|
|}
|}


=== Manipur Legislative Assembly ===
===State Assembly elections===


{| class="wikitable sortable"
{|class="wikitable " style="text-align:center;"
|+ Electoral performance in the [[Manipur Legislative Assembly]]
!Style="background-color:{{party color|National People's Party (India)}};color:white" | Election Year
!style="background-color:{{party color|National People's Party (India)}};color:white" | Leader
! style="background-color:{{party color|National People's Party (India)}};color:white" | seats contested
! style="background-color:{{party color|National People's Party (India)}};color:white" | seats won
! style="background-color:{{party color|National People's Party (India)}};color:white" | ± in seats
! style="background-color:{{party color|National People's Party (India)}};color:white" | Overall votes
!Style="background-color:{{party color|National People's Party (India)}};color:white" | % of overall votes
!Style="background-color:{{party color|National People's Party (India)}};color:white" | ± in vote share
!Style="background-color:{{party color|National People's Party (India)}};color:white" | Sitting side
|-
! colspan="9" |[[Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]
|-
|[[2019 Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2019]]
|[[Conrad Sangma]]
|30
| {{Composition bar|5|60|{{party color|National People's Party (India)}}}}
|{{Decrease}}2
|90,347
|14.56
|{{Increase}}14.56
|Government
([[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] coalition)
|-
|[[2024 Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2024]]
|[[Conrad Sangma]]
|60
| {{Composition bar|5|60|{{party color|National People's Party (India)}}}}
| -
|98,254
| 16.11
|{{Increase}}1.55
|Government
([[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] coalition)
 
|-
! colspan="9" |[[Assam Legislative Assembly]]
|-
|[[2021 Assam Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
|[[Conrad Sangma]]
|11
| {{Composition bar|0|126|{{party color|National People's Party (India)}}}}
|{{steady}}
|18,087
|0.09
|{{Increase}}0.09
|{{steady}}
|-
! colspan="9" |[[Bihar Legislative Assembly]]
|-
|[[2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2020]]
|
|1
| {{Composition bar|0|243|{{party color|National People's Party (India)}}}}
|{{steady}}
|649
|0.00
|
|{{steady}}
|-
! colspan="9" |[[Jharkhand Legislative Assembly]]
|-
|[[2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election|2019]]
|
|1
| {{Composition bar|0|81|{{party color|National People's Party (India)}}}}
|{{steady}}
|987
|0.01
|{{Increase}}0.01
|{{steady}}
|-
! colspan="9" |[[Karnataka Legislative Assembly]]
|-
|[[2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election|2023]]
|
|2
| {{Composition bar|0|224|{{party color|National People's Party (India)}}}}
|{{steady}}
|489
|0.00
|
|{{steady}}
|-
! colspan="9" |[[Manipur Legislative Assembly]]
|-
|[[2012 Manipur Legislative Assembly election|2012]]
|
|5
|{{Composition bar|0|60|{{party color|National People's Party (India)}}}}
|{{decrease}}3
|17,301
|1.2%
|
|{{steady}}
|-
|[[2017 Manipur Legislative Assembly election|2017]]
|[[Conrad Sangma]]
|
| {{Composition bar|4|60|{{party color|National People's Party (India)}}}}
|{{Increase}}4
|83,744
|5.1
|{{Increase}}3.9
|Government
([[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] coalition)
|-
|[[2022 Manipur Legislative Assembly election|2022]]
|[[Yumnam Joykumar Singh]]
|38
|{{Composition bar|7|60|{{party color|National People's Party (India)}}}}
|{{Increase}}3
|321,302
|17.3
|{{Increase}}12.2
|Government
([[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] coalition)
|-
|-
! rowspan=2|Election
! colspan="9" |[[Meghalaya Legislative Assembly]]
! rowspan=2|Leader
! colspan=2|Votes
! colspan=2|Seats
! rowspan=2|Position
! rowspan=2|Resulting government
|-
|-
! #
|[[2013 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election|2013]]
! %
| rowspan="3" |[[Conrad Sangma]]
! #
|
! ±
|{{Composition bar|2|60|{{party color|National People's Party (India)}}}}
|{{Increase}}2
|1,16,251
|8.8
|{{Increase}}8.8
|Opposition
|-
|-
![[2017 Manipur Legislative Assembly election|2017]]
|[[2018 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election|2018]]
| [[Conrad Sangma]]
|52
| 83,744
| {{Composition bar|19|60|{{party color|National People's Party (India)}}}}
| 5.1
|{{Increase}}17
| {{Composition bar|4|60|hex=#DB7093}}
|2,33,745
| {{increase}}4
|20.60
|4th
|{{Increase}}11.8
|{{yes2|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] [[Coalition government|Coalition]]}}
|Government
([[North-East Democratic Alliance|NEDA]] coal
|-
|-
![[2022 Manipur Legislative Assembly election|2022]]
|[[2023 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election|2023]]
| [[Yumnam Joykumar Singh]]
|57
| 321,224
|{{Composition bar|26|60|{{party color|National People's Party (India)}}}}
| 17.29
|{{Increase}}7
| {{Composition bar|7|60|hex=#DB7093}}
|5,84,338
| {{increase}}3
|31.49
|2nd
|{{Increase}}10.89
|{{yes2|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] [[Coalition government|Coalition]]}}
|Government
([[North-East Democratic Alliance|NEDA]] coalition)
|-
|-
|}
! colspan="9" |[[Mizoram Legislative Assembly]]
 
=== Nagaland Legislative Assembly ===
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Electoral performance in the [[Nagaland Legislative Assembly]]
|-
|-
! rowspan=2|Election
|[[2018 Mizoram Legislative Assembly election|2018]]
! rowspan=2|Leader
|
! colspan=2|Votes
|10
! colspan=2|Seats
|{{Composition bar|0|40|{{party color|National People's Party (India)}}}}
! rowspan=2|Position
|{{steady}}
! rowspan=2|Resulting government
|3748
|0.59
|{{Increase}}0.59
|{{steady}}
|-
|-
! #
! colspan="9" |[[Nagaland Legislative Assembly]]
! %
! #
! ±
|-
|-
|[[2018 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election|2018]]
|[[Conrad Sangma]]
|25
| {{Composition bar|2|60|{{party color|National People's Party (India)}}}}
|{{Increase}}2
|71,503
|7.12
|{{Increase}}7.12
|Government
([[Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party|NDPP]] coalition)
|-
|-
|[[2023 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election|2023]]
|Andrew Ahoto
|12
|{{Composition bar|5|60|{{party color|National People's Party (India)}}}}
|{{Increase}}3
|65,920
|5.76
|{{Decrease}}1.36
|Government
([[Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party|NDPP]] coalition)
|-
|-
![[2018 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election|2018]]
! colspan="9" |[[Rajasthan Legislative Assembly]]
| [[Conrad Sangma]]
| 69,506
| 6.92
| {{Composition bar|2|60|hex=#DB7093}}
| {{increase}}2
|4th
|{{yes2|[[Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party|NDPP]] [[Coalition government|Coalition]]}}
|-
|-
|}
|[[2013 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election|2013]]
 
|[[Kirodi Lal Meena]]
=== Meghalaya Legislative Assembly ===
|134
 
|{{Composition bar|4|200|{{party color|National People's Party (India)}}}}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|{{Increase}}4
|+ Electoral performance in the [[Meghalaya Legislative Assembly]]
|13,12,402
|4.25
|{{Increase}}4.25
|{{steady}}
|-
|-
! rowspan=2|Election
|2018
! rowspan=2|Leader
|
! colspan=2|Votes
|0
! colspan=2|Seats
|{{Composition bar|0|200|{{party color|National People's Party (India)}}}}
! rowspan=2|Position
|78'
! rowspan=2|Resulting government
|0
|0
|{{decrease}}4.25
|Opposition
|-
|-
! #
|2023
! %
|
! #
|0
! ±
|{{Composition bar|0|200|{{party color|National People's Party (India)}}}}
|{{steady}}
|0
|0
|{{steady}}
|Government ([[National Democratic Alliance|NDA]])
|-
|-
! colspan="9" |[[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]]
|-
|-
|[[2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
|
|3
|{{Composition bar|0|234|{{party color|National People's Party (India)}}}}
|{{steady}}
|1187
|0.00
|
|{{steady}}
|-
|-
![[2013 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election|2013]]
! colspan="9" |[[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]]
| [[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]]
|[[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
| [[Conrad Sangma]]
|
| 2,33,745
|3
| 20.60
|{{Composition bar|0|294|{{party color|National People's Party (India)}}}}
| {{Composition bar|19|60|hex=#DB7093}}
|{{steady}}
| {{increase}}17
|3880
|2nd
|0.01
|{{yes2|NPP [[Coalition government|Coalition]]}}
|{{Increase}}0.01
|{{steady}}
|-
|-
|}
|}


=== Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly ===
==List of MPs from NPP==
 
===Rajya Sabha===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Electoral performance in the [[Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]
!Style="background-color:{{party color|National People's Party (India)}};color:white" |Sr. No
!Style="background-color:{{party color|National People's Party (India)}};color:white" |Name
!Style="background-color:{{party color|National People's Party (India)}};color:white" |Date of
Appointment
!Style="background-color:{{party color|National People's Party (India)}};color:white" | Date of
Retirement
|-
|-
! rowspan=2|Election
|1
! rowspan=2|Leader
| [[Wanweiroy Kharlukhi]]
! colspan=2|Votes
| 22-Jun-2020
! colspan=2|Seats
| 21-Jun-2026
! rowspan=2|Position
! rowspan=2|Resulting government
|-
|-
! #
|}
! %
===Lok Sabha===
! #
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! ±
! Style="background-color:{{party color|National People's Party (India)}};color:white" |No.
!Style="background-color:{{party color|National People's Party (India)}};color:white" | Lok sabha
!Style="background-color:{{party color|National People's Party (India)}};color:white" | Constituency
!Style="background-color:{{party color|National People's Party (India)}};color:white" | Name
!Style="background-color:{{party color|National People's Party (India)}};color:white" |Election
|-
|-
|1
| rowspan="2" |[[16th Lok Sabha|16th]]
| rowspan="3" |[[Tura Lok Sabha constituency|Tura (ST)]]
|[[Purno Agitok Sangma]]
|[[2014 Indian general election|2014]]
|-
|-
|2
|[[Conrad Sangma]]
|[[2016 elections in India|2016 (by election)]]
|-
|-
![[2019 Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2019]]
|3
| [[Conrad Sangma]]
|[[17th Lok Sabha|17th]]
| 90,347
|[[Agatha Sangma]]
| 14.56
|[[2019 Indian general election|2019]]
| {{Composition bar|5|60|hex=#DB7093}}
| {{increase}}5
|3rd
|{{yes2|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] [[Majority government|Majority]]}}
|-
|}
|}


==Members of Parliament==
==State Committees==
===Lok Sabha===
{| class="sortable wikitable"
'''[[Tura (Lok Sabha constituency)|Tura Lok Sabha]], [[Meghalaya]]'''
!State/UT
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
!Committee
! No.
!President
! Lok Sabha
!In-charge
! Year
!Treasurer
! Elected Member
|-
! colspan="4" |State Committees of the National People's Party
!
|-
|[[Arunachal Pradesh]]
|'''NPP Arunachal Pradesh'''
|
|
|
|-
|[[Assam]]
|'''NPP Assam'''
|Dilip Kumar Borah
|
|
|-
|[[Nagaland]]
|'''NPP Nagaland'''
|
|
|
|-
|[[Manipur]]
|'''NPP Manipur'''
|
|
|
|-
|[[Mizoram]]
|'''NPP Mizoram'''
|
|
|
|-
|[[Tripura]]
|'''NPP Tripura'''
|
|
|
|-
|[[West Bengal]]
|'''NPP West Bengal'''  
|Anish Kumar Singh
|
|
|-
|[[Karnataka]]
|'''NPP Karnataka'''
|Ashok Xavier Kumar
|Prabhu Bosco
|[[Stannis Raja]]
|-
|-
! 1
|[[Kerala]]
|rowspan=2| [[16th Lok Sabha]]
|'''NPP Kerala'''
| 2014
|Thomas K.T
| [[Purno Agitok Sangma]]
|
|
|-
|-
! 2
|[[Pondicherry]]
| 2016
|'''NPP Pondicherry'''
| [[Conrad Sangma]]
|Sidanand (Premier Murali)
|
|
|-
|-
! 3
|[[Meghalaya]]
| [[17th Lok Sabha]]
|'''NPP Meghalaya'''
| 2019
|Conrad Sangma
| [[Agatha Sangma]]
|
|-
|-
|[[Tamilnadu]]
|'''NPP Tamilnadu'''
|G.Srinivasan
|
|
|}
|}


===Rajya Sabha===
==List of NPP State Governments==
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
 
! No.
===Meghalaya===
! State
 
! Elected Member
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
!Date of Appointment
!Assembly
!Date of Retirement
!colspan="2"|Chief Minister
!Cabinet
!colspan="4"|Deputy Chief Minister/s
!colspan="3"|Tenure
!Election
|-
|[[10th Meghalaya Assembly|10th]]
|rowspan="2" style="background:#FDB200;|
|rowspan="3"| [[Conrad Sangma]]
|[[First Conrad Sangma ministry|Sangma I]]
|rowspan="2" style="background:#FDB200;|
|colspan="1" rowspan="3"|[[Prestone Tynsong]]
|colspan="2"|'''-'''
|6 March 2018
|7 March 2023
|rowspan="2"|{{Ayd|6 march 2018|}}
|[[2018 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election|2018]]
|-
|-
! 1
|[[11th Meghalaya Assembly|11th]]
| [[Meghalaya]]
|[[Second Conrad Sangma ministry|Sangma II]]
| [[Wanweiroy Kharlukhi]]
|rowspan="2" style="background:#FDB200;|
| 22-Jun-2020
|[[Sniawbhalang Dhar]]
| 21-Jun-2026
|7 March 2023
|''Incumbent''
|[[2023 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election|2023]]
|-
|-
|}
|}
==See also==
* [[List of political parties in India]]


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}
{{Commons}}


==External links==
==External links==
* {{official}}
* {{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]
*[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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National People's Party
AbbreviationNPP
PresidentConrad Sangma
Rajya Sabha leaderWanweiroy Kharlukhi
FounderP. A. Sangma
Founded6 January 2013 (13 years ago) (2013-01-06)
HeadquartersShillong, Meghalaya
Student wingNational People's Students Union-NPSU
Youth wingNational People’s Youth Front
Women's wingNational People's Women Committee
Ideology
Political positionCentre-right[4]
ECI StatusNational Party
AllianceNDA (National)
NEDA
(Nagaland, Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh)
MDA (Meghalaya)
Seats in Lok Sabha
0 / 543
Seats in Rajya Sabha
1 / 245
Seats in State Legislative Assembly
50 / 4,036
List
33 / 60
Meghalaya
7 / 60
Manipur
5 / 60
Nagaland
1 / 60
Arunachal Pradesh
Number of states and union territories in government
4 / 31
Election symbol

Book
Party flag
Website
www.nppindia.in

The National People's Party (NPP) is a conservative national political party in India. It is mostly concentrated in Meghalaya. Founded by P. A. Sangma after his expulsion from the Nationalist Congress Party in July 2012, it was accorded national party status on 7 June 2019. It is the first political party from Northeast India to have attained this status.[5]

History[edit | edit source]

On 6 January 2013, Sangma launched the party at the national level. He announced an alliance with the National Democratic Alliance led by Bharatiya Janta Party. Sangma also reiterated that though the membership of the party was open to all, it shall be a tribal-centric party.[6]

Sangma is a nine-time Member of Parliament. In July 2012, he refused to accept the party's decision to quit the 2012 Indian presidential election.

The National People's Party had appointed Dheeraj Shukla as the District President of NPP, Jaunpur.

NPP contested the assembly election of Rajasthan in December 2013, under the leadership of Kirodi Lal Meena, a former BJP member and MP (Independent from Dausa) at the time of election and won four seats.[7]

Currently, it is a part of North-East Democratic Alliance consisting of political parties of the northeast which has supported the National Democratic Alliance.

In 2015, in a rare move election commission suspended NPP for its failure to provide the party's expenditure during the Lok Sabha Elections held in 2014. NPP became first party to get suspended by EC.[8]

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 – announced the formation of a third front known as the Socialist Secular Morcha ahead of the 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election.[9][10]

[11]

In May 2016, after the Bharatiya Janata Party led 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 northeastern states of Sikkim, Assam, and Nagaland too belong to this alliance. Thus, the National People's Party joined the NEDA.[12]

The NPP contested nine candidates in the 2017 Manipur Legislative Assembly election and won four seats.

[13] They won 19 seats in the 2018 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election, although the Indian National Congress emerged as the single largest party,[14][15] NEDA did well in 2023 assembly elections without any pre-poll alliances. The party emerged as the single largest party and won 26 seats, and formed a government supported by BJP and other NEDA members.[16]

On 6 May 2023, the People's Democratic Front party merged with the National People's Party.[17]

National People's Party, West Bengal, is the state unit of the National People's Party in the Indian state of West Bengal. The party's headquarters is located in Kolkata, the capital of the state. Anish Kr Singh is currently appointed as the State President of NPP West Bengal.

Election symbol[edit | edit source]

Its election symbol is a book.[18] The significance for the same is that the party believes that only literacy and education can empower the weaker sections.[6]

Key Leaders[edit | edit source]

Member Portrait Current/ Previous Position Party Position
Conrad Sangma National president
Prestone Tynsong National Vice President
James Sangma National spokesperson,
National General Secretary (I/C), Finance
Thomas A. Sangma
  • Speaker - Meghalaya Legislative Assembly (2023–present)
  • MLA - North Tura (2018–present)
  • Former MP, Rajya Sabha (2008–2014)
 National general secretary (I/C), Organisation
Agatha Sangma National general secretary

Electoral performance[edit | edit source]

The party won a seat in 2014 Loksabha elections from Tura and Sangma became MP ones again. After the death of P. A. Sangma in 2016, his son Conrad Sangma won a by-election held in May 2016 fo fill this seat. The party had proposed to contest election and expand its base in tribal constituencies of Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, northern West Bengal and the Northeast India.[6]

In March 2018, the party won 19 out of 60 assembly seats in the 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.[19][20]

In March 2023, the party emerged as the single largest party and won 26 out of 60 assembly seats in the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election 2023 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.

General election results[edit | edit source]

Election Lok sabha Party leader Seats contested Seats won ± in seats Overall vote % Vote swing Ref.
2014 16th Conrad Sangma 8
1 / 543
 Increase 1 0.10 Increase 0.10
2019 17th 11
1 / 543
 Steady 0.07 Decrease 0.03
2024 18th 2
0 / 543
 Decrease1 0.06 Decrease 0.01

State Assembly elections[edit | edit source]

Election Year Leader seats contested seats won ± in seats Overall votes % of overall votes ± in vote share Sitting side
Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
2019 Conrad Sangma 30
5 / 60
 Decrease2 90,347 14.56 Increase14.56 Government

(BJP coalition)

2024 Conrad Sangma 60
5 / 60
 - 98,254 16.11 Increase1.55 Government

(BJP coalition)

Assam Legislative Assembly
2021 Conrad Sangma 11
0 / 126
 Steady 18,087 0.09 Increase0.09 Steady
Bihar Legislative Assembly
2020 1
0 / 243
 Steady 649 0.00 Steady
Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
2019 1
0 / 81
 Steady 987 0.01 Increase0.01 Steady
Karnataka Legislative Assembly
2023 2
0 / 224
 Steady 489 0.00 Steady
Manipur Legislative Assembly
2012 5
0 / 60
 Decrease3 17,301 1.2% Steady
2017 Conrad Sangma
4 / 60
 Increase4 83,744 5.1 Increase3.9 Government

(BJP coalition)

2022 Yumnam Joykumar Singh 38
7 / 60
 Increase3 321,302 17.3 Increase12.2 Government

(BJP coalition)

Meghalaya Legislative Assembly
2013 Conrad Sangma
2 / 60
 Increase2 1,16,251 8.8 Increase8.8 Opposition
2018 52
19 / 60
 Increase17 2,33,745 20.60 Increase11.8 Government

(NEDA coal

2023 57
26 / 60
 Increase7 5,84,338 31.49 Increase10.89 Government

(NEDA coalition)

Mizoram Legislative Assembly
2018 10
0 / 40
 Steady 3748 0.59 Increase0.59 Steady
Nagaland Legislative Assembly
2018 Conrad Sangma 25
2 / 60
 Increase2 71,503 7.12 Increase7.12 Government

(NDPP coalition)

2023 Andrew Ahoto 12
5 / 60
 Increase3 65,920 5.76 Decrease1.36 Government

(NDPP coalition)

Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
2013 Kirodi Lal Meena 134
4 / 200
 Increase4 13,12,402 4.25 Increase4.25 Steady
2018 0
0 / 200
 78' 0 0 Decrease4.25 Opposition
2023 0
0 / 200
 Steady 0 0 Steady Government (NDA)
Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
2021 3
0 / 234
 Steady 1187 0.00 Steady
West Bengal Legislative Assembly
2021 3
0 / 294
 Steady 3880 0.01 Increase0.01 Steady

List of MPs from NPP[edit | edit source]

Rajya Sabha[edit | edit source]

Sr. No Name Date of

Appointment

Date of

Retirement

1 Wanweiroy Kharlukhi 22-Jun-2020 21-Jun-2026

Lok Sabha[edit | edit source]

No. Lok sabha Constituency Name Election
1 16th Tura (ST) Purno Agitok Sangma 2014
2 Conrad Sangma 2016 (by election)
3 17th Agatha Sangma 2019

State Committees[edit | edit source]

State/UT Committee President In-charge Treasurer
State Committees of the National People's Party
Arunachal Pradesh NPP Arunachal Pradesh
Assam NPP Assam Dilip Kumar Borah
Nagaland NPP Nagaland
Manipur NPP Manipur
Mizoram NPP Mizoram
Tripura NPP Tripura
West Bengal NPP West Bengal Anish Kumar Singh
Karnataka NPP Karnataka Ashok Xavier Kumar Prabhu Bosco Stannis Raja
Kerala NPP Kerala Thomas K.T
Pondicherry NPP Pondicherry Sidanand (Premier Murali)
Meghalaya NPP Meghalaya Conrad Sangma
Tamilnadu NPP Tamilnadu G.Srinivasan

List of NPP State Governments[edit | edit source]

Meghalaya[edit | edit source]

Assembly Chief Minister Cabinet Deputy Chief Minister/s Tenure Election
10th Conrad Sangma Sangma I Prestone Tynsong - 6 March 2018 7 March 2023 8 years, 159 days 2018
11th Sangma II Sniawbhalang Dhar 7 March 2023 Incumbent 2023

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Don't forget your roots & identity, Conrad tells youth | Highland Post". 25 November 2023.
  2. ↑ Singh, Bikash (8 June 2019). "National People's Party to further strengthen party base in the region". The Economic Times.
  3. ↑ Parashar, Utpal (4 May 2018). "Beyond BJP's rise, NPP emerges as biggest regional outfit in Northeast". Hindustan Times.
  4. ↑ "NPP President Likha calls party 'secular'". 9 July 2023.
  5. ↑ "NPP Becomes First Political Outfit from the Northeast to get Status of National Party". News18. 7 June 2019. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 "Sangma launches National People's Party, forms alliance with NDA". India Today. PTI. 5 January 2013.
  7. ↑ Parihar, Rohit (19 December 2013). "Rajasthan: BJP's win is the biggest ever for any party, Congress's loss is the worst". India Today. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
  8. ↑ "EC suspends National People's Party for not providing expense report". mint. 17 June 2015.
  9. ↑ "Samajwadi Party teams up with Pappu Yadav, NCP, 3 others to form third front". Times of India. 19 September 2015.
  10. ↑ "Mulayam front suffers big blow, NCP to go it alone - Times of India". The Times of India. 16 October 2015.
  11. ↑ "Bihar polls: NCP quits Third Front, cites Mulayam Singh's 'pro-BJP statement'". The Economic Times. 15 October 2015.
  12. ↑ "Amit Shah holds meeting with northeast CMs, forms alliance". Hindustan Times. 25 May 2016.
  13. ↑ "Hung Assembly in Meghalaya, Congress single largest party". The Hindu. 3 March 2018. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
  14. ↑ "Meghalaya assembly elections 2018: NPP-led alliance all set to form govt". Mint. 5 March 2018. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
  15. ↑ "Congress outsmarted in Meghalaya, Conrad Sangma to be sworn in March 6". The Hindu. Press Trust of India. 4 March 2018. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
  16. ↑ "More support arrives for Conrad Sangma's NPP to form government in Meghalaya". The Hindu. 5 March 2023. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  17. ↑ "PDF merges with NPP". The Shillong Times. 6 May 2023. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  18. ↑ "Political Parties And Election Symbols as on 08-03-2011" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 January 2013. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
  19. ↑ "Williamnagar By-Election: NPP Candidate Marcuise Marak Wins Meghalaya Assembly Bypolls". News18. 1 May 2018.
  20. ↑ "NPP wins Williamnagar Assembly seat in Meghalaya". The Hindu. 1 May 2018.


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