National Patriotic Party

The National Patriotic Party (NPP) is a political party in Liberia. It was formed in 1997 by members of the National Patriotic Front of Liberia following the end of the First Liberian Civil War.

National Patriotic Party
LeaderCharles Taylor
Founded1997
Preceded byNational Patriotic Front of Liberia
IdeologyNationalism
Seats in the Senate
1 / 30
Seats in the House
0 / 73
Pan African Parliament
0 / 5

History

The party contested the 1997 general election, with the NPFL's leader, Charles Taylor, serving as the party's presidential candidate. Taylor won the presidential election with 75% of the vote. The party also won 49 of 64 seats in the House of Representatives and 21 of 26 in the Senate. Due to domestic and international pressure as a result of the Second Liberian Civil War, Taylor stepped down as president in August 2003. In October of that year, Taylor's successor, Moses Blah, and the members of the Legislature resigned and ceded power to the National Transitional Government of Liberia.

The party later contested the 2005 general election. The party's presidential candidate was Roland Massaquoi, who earned 4.1% of the vote. The NPP also won four seats in the House of Representatives and another four in the Senate.

In 2017 it was found that Charles Taylor was continuing to guide the party via phone calls from prison.[1]

Electoral results

Presidential elections
Election Candidate First round Second round Result Ref.
Votes  % Votes  %
1997 Charles Taylor 468,443 75.33 — Elected Green tickY [2]
2005 Roland Massaquoi 40,361 4.14 — Lost Red XN [3]
2011 Did not run
2017 Did not run

House elections
Election Votes  % Position Seats +/– Status in legislature Ref.
1997 468,443 75.33 Increase 1st
49 / 64
 New Supermajority government [2]
2005 78,751 8.42 Decrease 5th
4 / 64
 Decrease 45 Opposition [2]
2011 42,420 3.56 Decrease 7th
3 / 64
 Decrease 1 Opposition [2]
2017 Did not run

Senate elections
Election Votes  % Position Seats +/– Status in legislature Ref.
1997 468,443 75.33 Increase 1st
21 / 26
 New Supermajority government [2]
2005 178,259 10.54 Decrease 5th
3 / 26
 Decrease 18 Opposition [2]
2011 70,260 5.87 Increase 4th
6 / 26
 Increase 3 Opposition [2]
2014 27,602 6.01 Steady 4th
5 / 26
 Decrease 1 Opposition [2]
2020 Decrease 14th
1 / 26
 Decrease 4 Opposition [2]

References
  1. "Phone a Fiend". Private eye. No. 1438. Pressdram Ltd. 24 February 2017. p. 18.
  2. "Liberian Elections". African Elections Database.
  3. "National Elections Commission". National Elections Commission.


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