New Zealand People's Party
New Zealand People's Party | |
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Leader | Roshan Nauhria |
President | Steven Chin |
General Secretary | Anil Sharma |
Founded | 2015 |
Ideology |
Minority rights Cultural rights |
House of Representatives |
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http://www.nzpeoplesparty.org.nz/ | |
The New Zealand People's Party is a political party in New Zealand established in 2015.[1] The party has a particular focus on the rights of immigrants.[2][3] Roshan Nauhria is the party's leader.
History
Party president Roshan Nauhria stood as a candidate in the 2016 Mount Roskill by-election[4] triggered by Phil Goff's resignation following him being elected Mayor of Auckland, winning 709 votes or 4.2%, coming third.[5] The People's Party also contested the 2017 Mount Albert by-election, with Vin Tomar, an early childhood teacher and real estate agent, as their candidate.[6] Tomar received 191 votes, or 1.5% of the votes cast, coming fourth.
New Zealand First leader Winston Peters has called the party a 'National Party front'.[7]
On 20 May 2017 the party applied for registration with the Electoral Commission[8], and was registered by the Electoral Commission on 20 June 2017[9] The People's Party ran six list candidates.[10] During the 2017 general election, the New Zealand People's Party gained only 0.1% of the party vote (1,890 votes) and won no seats in the New Zealand House of Representatives.[11]
Electoral results
Election | Candidates nominated | Seats won | Votes | Vote share % | Government | |
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Electorate | List | |||||
2017 | 0 | 6 | 0 / 120 |
1,890 | 0.1% | Not in Parliament |
References
- ↑ "Constitution of the New Zealand People's party Incorporated". 27 October 2015. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
- ↑ Lynch, Jenna (30 August 2016). "NZ's first political party dedicated to immigrants". Newshub. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
- ↑ "Political party for immigrants to focus on crime". Radio New Zealand. 30 August 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
- ↑ Nicholas Jones (1 December 2016). "Roshan Nauhria chasing shock win in Roskill". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
- ↑ "Mt Roskill – Preliminary Count". NZ Electoral Commission. 3 December 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
- ↑ "New Zealand People Party to spice up Mt Albert by-election, announces candidate". Indian Weekender. 26 December 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
- ↑ "New Zealand People's Party is a 'National Party front' – Winston Peters". Newshub. 3 September 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
- ↑ "Application to register political party and logo". NZ Electoral Commission. 20 May 2017. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
- ↑ "Register of Political Parties". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
- ↑ "Party and candidate lists for 2017 Election". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
- ↑ "2017 General Election – Official Result". New Zealand Electoral Commission. Retrieved 7 October 2017.