National Party of Nigeria

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National Party of Nigeria
Chairman	Augustus Akinloye^[1]
Founded	29 September 1978; 45 years ago (1978-09-29)
Headquarters	Lagos, Nigeria
Political position	Big tent
Colours	Nigerian national colors
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The National Party of Nigeria (NPN) was the dominant political party in Nigeria during the

Second Republic

(1979–1983).

History

Formation

The party's beginning could be traced to private and sometimes secret meetings among key Northern

Hausa-Fulani

states.

Elections

The NPN presented candidates for two major elections, the 1979 elections and the 1983 elections. The party won 36 Senate seats out of 95

Nigerian Peoples Party to earn majority votes in the National Assembly, the alliance later hit the rocks in 1981. To gain support among Igbo people

, the party allowed the return of Odumegwu Ojukwu, the Biafra leader.

People's Democratic Party

Ideology

One of the campaign promise was implementation of Green Revolution as an agricultural policy.

Electoral history

Presidential elections

Election	Party candidate	Running mate	Votes	%	Result
1979	Shehu Shagari	Alex Ekwueme	5,668,857	33.77%	Elected Y
1983	Shehu Shagari	Alex Ekwueme	12,081,471	47.5%	Elected Y

House of Representatives and Senate elections

Election	House of Representatives					Senate
Election	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Position	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Position
1979	5,325,680	35.6%	168 / 449	168	1st	4,032,329	35.6%	36 / 95	36	1st
1983			306 / 450	138	1st			60 / 96	24	1st

References

"AROUND THE WORLD National Party takes lead", The Globe and Mail (Canada), July 20, 1979
Shehu Shagari, Beckoned to Serve: An Autobiography, Heinemann Educational Books,

^ "Refworld | Nigeria: The national chairman of the National Party of Nigeria (NPN) including his arrest in April 1997 and his current situation; whether he assumed the chairmanship of the United National Congress Party in Abia State in 1997".

Political parties in Nigeria

Major parties

Other parties

Larger ¹	African Democratic Congress All Progressives Grand Alliance New Nigeria Peoples Party Social Democratic Party Young Progressives Party
Smaller ²	Accord Action Alliance Action Democratic Party Action Peoples Party African Action Congress Boot Party National Rescue Movement People's Redemption Party Zenith Labour Party

Defunct major parties

First Republic	Action Group Kano People's Party National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons Nigerian National Democratic Party Northern Elements Progressive Union Northern People's Congress United Middle Belt Congress
Second Republic	Great Nigeria People's Party National Party of Nigeria Nigeria Advance Party Nigerian People's Party People's Redemption Party Unity Party of Nigeria
Third Republic	National Republican Convention Social Democratic Party
Abacha-era	Congress for National Consensus Democratic Party of Nigeria Grassroots Democratic Movement National Centre Party of Nigeria National Democratic Coalition United Nigeria Congress Party
Fourth Republic	Action Congress of Nigeria All Nigeria Peoples Party All People's Party Alliance for Democracy Congress for Progressive Change

¹ Won at least one seat in the 2023 National Assembly election
² Did not win any seats in the 2023 National Assembly election or did not exist