The National Independent Party is a

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led by Saphier Husain Suebedar.

History

The party was founded by Saphier Husain-Subedar, and contested the 1997 general elections with Shain Hussain as its presidential candidate. However, it received only 258 votes and failed to win a seat. Nohlen, D (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', pp366-368 The party did not run in the

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or 2011 elections, but returned for the

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, in which it received just 262 votes (0.06%).

References

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