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{{Short description|Political party in Vanuatu}}
{{Politics of Vanuatu}}
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 New Hebrides general election|1979 elections]].<ref name=TL>Tom Lansford (2015) ''Political Handbook of the World 2015'', CQ Press</ref> In the [[2012 Vanuatuan general election|2012 elections]] the party nominated six candidates, winning two of the 52 seats in [[Parliament of Vanuatu|Parliament]]; [[Alfred Rollen Carlot]] in [[Efate]] and [[Jonas James]] in [[Paama]].<ref>[http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/v/vanuatu/vanuatu2012.txt Legislative elections of 30 October 2012] Psephos</ref> The party was given a ministerial post in the government formed by [[Moana Carcasses Kalosil]] in March 2013.<ref name=TL/>
In the [[2016 Vanuatuan general election|2016 elections]] the party fielded ten candidates,<ref>[https://vanuatudaily.wordpress.com/2016/01/11/final-candidate-list-2016-general-election/ Final candidate list for the 2016 General Election] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303075153/https://vanuatudaily.wordpress.com/2016/01/11/final-candidate-list-2016-general-election/ |date=2016-03-03 }} Vanuatu Daily, 11 January 2016</ref> but was reduced to a single seat, [[Alickson Vira]] winning in [[Aoba Island|Ambae]].<ref>[https://vanuatudaily.wordpress.com/2016/02/01/official-results-2016-vanuatu-general-election/ Official results – 2016 Vanuatu General Election] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310120456/https://vanuatudaily.wordpress.com/2016/02/01/official-results-2016-vanuatu-general-election/ |date=2016-03-10 }} Vanuatu Daily</ref>
==References==
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{{Vanuatuan political parties}}
[[Category:Political parties in Vanuatu]]
[[Category:Political parties established in 2011]]
[[Category:2011 establishments in Vanuatu]]