New Zealand People's Party

The New Zealand People's Party is a political party in New Zealand. The party was established in 2015[1] and has a particular focus on the rights of immigrants.[2][3] It operated as an independent party for a 2016 by-election and the 2017 general election, and as a component party of Advance New Zealand for the 2020 election.[4] The party's leader, as of September 2020, is Anil Sharma.[5]

New Zealand People's Party
LeaderAnil Sharma
Founded2015
IdeologyMinority rights
Cultural rights
House of Representatives
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Website
Facebook

History

Standalone party

The New Zealand People's Party was established in 2015.[1] It was initially led by Roshan Nauhria, who was a co-founder.[6]

Nauhria stood as a candidate in the 2016 Mount Roskill by-election,[7] winning 709 votes or 4.2% and coming third.[8] 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.[9] Tomar received 191 votes, or 1.5% of the votes cast, coming fourth.

In 2016, New Zealand First leader Winston Peters called the party a 'National Party front'.[10]

On 20 May 2017 the party applied for registration with the Electoral Commission[11] and was registered by the Electoral Commission on 20 June 2017.[12] It ran six list candidates.[13] At the 2017 general election, the party gained only 0.1% of the party vote (1,890 votes) and won no seats in the New Zealand House of Representatives.[14]

The party was deregistered by the Electoral Commission, at the party's request, on 30 April 2019.[15]

Component party of Advance New Zealand

The leader of the Advance New Zealand party, Jami-Lee Ross, appeared in a Facebook video of 29 July 2020 and stated that the New Zealand People's Party would be joining with Advance.[16] The Electoral Commission confirmed that the People's Party was a component party of Advance on 18 August.[4] Advance New Zealand received only 1.0% of the party vote in the 2020 general election,[17] not enough to enter Parliament, so no candidates from the People's Party were elected.

Current status

By December 2020, the People's Party was no longer recorded as a component party of Advance.[18] No announcements about the future of the People's Party have been made.

Electoral results
Election Candidates nominated Seats won Votes Vote share % Government
Electorate List
2017 0 6
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 1,890 0.1% Not in Parliament

Archive of party website (now defunct) from 2019

References
  1. "Constitution of the New Zealand People's party Incorporated". 27 October 2015. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
  2. Lynch, Jenna (30 August 2016). "NZ's first political party dedicated to immigrants". Newshub. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  3. "Political party for immigrants to focus on crime". Radio New Zealand. 30 August 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
  4. "Component parties recorded for The Advance New Zealand Party". New Zealand Electoral Commission. 18 August 2020.
  5. "About Us". New Zealand Public Party. Archived from the original on 28 September 2020.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  6. "Planning underway ahead of 'one vote' December 3 Mt Roskill by-election". TVNZ. 12 October 2016. Archived from the original on 19 October 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  7. Nicholas Jones (1 December 2016). "Roshan Nauhria chasing shock win in Roskill". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
  8. "Mt Roskill – Preliminary Count". NZ Electoral Commission. 3 December 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
  9. "New Zealand People Party to spice up Mt Albert by-election, announces candidate". Indian Weekender. 26 December 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
  10. "New Zealand People's Party is a 'National Party front' – Winston Peters". Newshub. 3 September 2016. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
  11. "Application to register political party and logo". NZ Electoral Commission. 20 May 2017. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
  12. "Register of Political Parties". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  13. "Party and candidate lists for 2017 Election". Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 7 October 2017. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
  14. "2017 General Election – Official Result". New Zealand Electoral Commission. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
  15. "People's Party no longer registered". New Zealand Electoral Commission. 1 May 2019. Archived from the original on 1 May 2019. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
  16. "NZ People's Party joins forces with NZ Public Party and Advance NZ for the 2020 elections". Facebook - Apna Television Channel 36 - NZ. 29 July 2020.
  17. "2020 General Election and Referendums - Official Result". Electoral Commission. 6 November 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  18. "Register of political parties". elections.nz. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
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