Natatok Indigenous People's Democratic Party

The Natatok Indigenous People's Democratic Party (NIPDP; sometimes simplified to the Natatok Party) is a political party in Vanuatu.

Politics of Vanuatu

History

The NIPDP was founded in July 2011 as a re-establishment of a party that contested the 1979 elections.[1] In the 2012 elections the party nominated six candidates, winning two of the 52 seats in Parliament; Alfred Rollen Carlot in Efate and Jonas James in Paama.[2] The party was given a ministerial post in the government formed by Moana Carcasses Kalosil in March 2013.[1]

In the 2016 elections the party fielded ten candidates,[3] but was reduced to a single seat, Alickson Vira winning in Ambae.[4]

References
  1. Tom Lansford (2015) Political Handbook of the World 2015, CQ Press
  2. Legislative elections of 30 October 2012 Psephos
  3. Final candidate list for the 2016 General Election Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine Vanuatu Daily, 11 January 2016
  4. Official results – 2016 Vanuatu General Election Archived 2016-03-10 at the Wayback Machine Vanuatu Daily
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