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The Natatok Indigenous People's Democratic Party (NIPDP), sometimes simplified to the Natatok Party, is a political party in Vanuatu.
History
The NIPDP was founded in July 2011 as a re-establishment of a party that contested the 1979 elections. 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. The party was given a ministerial post in the government formed by Moana Carcasses Kalosil in March 2013.
In the 2016 elections the party fielded ten candidates, but was reduced to a single seat, Alickson Vira winning in Ambae.
References
- ^ Tom Lansford (2015) Political Handbook of the World 2015, CQ Press
- Legislative elections of 30 October 2012 Psephos
- Final candidate list for the 2016 General Election Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine Vanuatu Daily, 11 January 2016
- Official results – 2016 Vanuatu General Election Archived 2016-03-10 at the Wayback Machine Vanuatu Daily