National Party or Nationalist Party may refer to:

Active parties

National Party of Australia The National Party of Australia, also known as The Nationals or The Nats, is an List of political parties in Australia, Australian political party. Traditionally representing graziers, farmers, and regional voters generally, it began as the Au ...

* Bangladesh: **

Bangladesh Nationalist Party The Bangladesh Nationalist Party ( bn, বাংলাদেশ জাতীয়তাবাদী দল, Bangladesh Jātīyotābādī Dol; BNP) is a centre-right to right-wing nationalist, political party in Bangladesh and one of the major ...

Jatiya Party (Ershad) The Jatiya Party ( bn, জাতীয় পার্টি, translit=Jatiyo Party, lit=National Party) is a conservative, nationalist political party in Bangladesh and is currently the main opposition in the Jatiya Sangsad, against the Awam ...

a.k.a. ''National Party (Ershad)'' *

California National Party The California National Party (; abbreviated as CNP) is a secessionist and civic nationalist political party in California. The CNP supports big tent, progressive policies and also campaigns for Californian independence from the United States. ...

Nationalist Party of Canada The Nationalist Party of Canada is an unregistered far-right political party in Canada that was founded in 1977 by white supremacist Don Andrews. The party describes itself as white nationalist, and is known for its antisemitic and racist publi ...

Kuomintang The Kuomintang (KMT), also referred to as the Guomindang (GMD), the Nationalist Party of China (NPC) or the Chinese Nationalist Party (CNP), is a major political party in the Republic of China, initially on the Chinese mainland and in Tai ...

or ''Chinese Nationalist Party'', in Mainland China (1919–1949) and Taiwan (since 1949) * National Party (Denmark) * National Party (Ireland) *

National Party of Honduras The National Party of Honduras (PNH; es, Partido Nacional de Honduras) is a conservative political party in Honduras founded on 27 February 1902, by Manuel Bonilla Chirinos. Historically it has been one of the two most influential parties in t ...

Hong Kong National Party The Hong Kong National Party was a localist political party in Hong Kong. It was the first political party in Hong Kong to advocate for Hong Kong independence. The Hong Kong National Party is also the first political party to be outlawed since ...

Homeland Party (Libya) The Homeland Party or Libyan National Party (also styled ''Alwattan Party'', ar, حزب الوطن ' or ') is a conservative Islamist political party in Libya, founded in November 2011, after the Libyan Civil War and the overthrow of the Libya ...

or ''Libyan National Party'' *

Basotho National Party The Basotho National Party is a political party in Lesotho, founded in 1959 in colonial Basutoland as the Basutoland National Party by Leabua Jonathan. He was Prime Minister from the 1965 general election until the 1986 coup d'état. In the 1 ...

, in Lesotho *

Nationalist Party (Malta) The Nationalist Party ( mt, Partit Nazzjonalista, PN) is one of the two major contemporary political parties in Malta, along with the Labour Party. It is a Christian-democratic, and conservative political party, and it has been also described a ...

Frisian National Party The Frisian National Party ( fy, Fryske Nasjonale Partij; nl, Friese Nationale Partij, FNP) is a Frisian nationalist political party in the Netherlands. The FNP is mostly involved in Frisian politics. The Independent Senate Group represents th ...

, in the Netherlands *

New Zealand National Party The New Zealand National Party ( mi, Rōpū Nāhinara o Aotearoa), shortened to National () or the Nats, is a centre-right political party in New Zealand. It is one of two major parties that dominate contemporary New Zealand politics, alongside ...

* Pakistan: **

Awami National Party The Awami National Party (ANP; ur, , ps, اولسي ملي ګوند; lit. ''People's National Party'') is a Pashtun nationalist, secular and leftist political party in Pakistan. The party was founded by Abdul Wali Khan in 1986 and its curr ...

Balochistan National Party (Mengal) The Balochistan National Party or Balochistan National Party (Mengal) (Urdu: بلوچستان نيشنل پارٹی ; ) is a political party in Balochistan, Pakistan. BNP believes in more provincial rights and greater autonomy for Baluchistan prov ...

National Party (Pakistan) National Party ( ur, ) is a social-democratic, centre-left political party in Pakistan. It is one of the largest parties active in the province of Balochistan, Pakistan, along with the Balochistan National Party. It traces its legacy from the ...

Kalat State National Party The Kalat State National Party (KSNP) was a Baloch nationalist political party in Balochistan in the princely state of Kalat from 1937 to 1948. They sought independence from British and full restoration of the Khanate of Kalat. The party was for ...

National Party (Papua New Guinea) The Papua New Guinea National Party is a political party in Papua New Guinea. It was formed in September 1969 by Thomas Kavali, Sabumei Kofikai and Siwi Kurondo when the three MPs broke away from the Compass Party. It was formally launched on ...

Nacionalista Party The Nacionalista Party (Filipino and Spanish: ''Partido Nacionalista''; ) is the oldest political party in both the Philippines and in Southeast Asia in general. It is responsible for leading the country throughout the majority of the 20th ce ...

, in the Philippines *

Plaid Genedlaethol Cymru Plaid Cymru ( ; ; officially Plaid Cymru – the Party of Wales, often referred to simply as Plaid) is a centre-left to left-wing, Welsh nationalist political party in Wales, committed to Welsh independence from the United Kingdom. Plaid was ...

or ''The National Party of Wales'' *

Samoa National Party The Samoa National Party was a political party in Samoa Samoa, officially the Independent State of Samoa; sm, Sāmoa, and until 1997 known as Western Samoa, is a Polynesian island country consisting of two main islands (Savai'i and Upolu); ...

Scottish National Party The Scottish National Party (SNP; sco, Scots National Pairty, gd, Pàrtaidh Nàiseanta na h-Alba ) is a Scottish nationalist and social democratic political party in Scotland. The SNP supports and campaigns for Scottish independence from ...

Seychelles National Party The Seychelles National Party (SNP) is a liberal political party in Seychelles. Its followers emphasize active multiparty democracy, respect for human rights and liberal economic reforms. It was founded in response to what it called the "totalita ...

Slovak National Party The Slovak National Party ( sk, Slovenská národná strana, SNS) is a nationalist political party in Slovakia. The party characterizes itself as a nationalist party based on both social and the European Christian values. Since 1990 SNS has won ...

Slovenian National Party The Slovenian National Party ( sl, Slovenska Nacionalna Stranka, SNS) is a Nationalism, nationalist List of political parties in Slovenia, political party in Slovenia led by Zmago Jelinčič Plemeniti. The party is known for its Euroscepticism a ...

National Party (Solomon Islands) The National Party is a political party in the Solomon Islands. At the legislative elections An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual or multiple individuals to hold public offic ...

National Party South Africa The National Party South Africa (NP) is a registered South African political party, who competed for the Western Cape province in the 2009 provincial election and municipal council seats in the 2011 local government elections. History On 5 ...

Basque Nationalist Party The Basque Nationalist Party (, EAJ ; es, Partido Nacionalista Vasco, PNV; french: Parti Nationaliste Basque, PNB; EAJ-PNV), officially Basque National Party in English,) was rejected by party members in November 2011. Nonetheless, the party did ...

, in Spain *

National Party of Suriname The National Party of Suriname ( nl, Nationale Partij Suriname, NPS) is a social democratic political party in Suriname, founded in 1946, and since June 2012 led by Gregory Rusland. For a long time it was the largest ruling party in the country, ...

Nationalist Movement Party The Nationalist Movement Party (alternatively translated as Nationalist Action Party; tr, Milliyetçi Hareket Partisi, MHP) is a Turkish far-right and ultranationalist political party. The group is often described as neo-fascist, and has been ...

, in Turkey *

British National Party The British National Party (BNP) is a far-right, fascist political party in the United Kingdom. It is headquartered in Wigton, Cumbria, and its leader is Adam Walker. A minor party, it has no elected representatives at any level of UK gover ...

National Party (Uruguay) The National Party ( es, Partido Nacional, PN), also known as the White Party ( es, Partido Blanco), is a major political party in Uruguay. It was founded in 1836 by Manuel Oribe, making it the country's oldest active political party, and toget ...

Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảng The Việt Nam Quốc Dân Đảng (; chữ Hán: ; ), abbreviated VNQDĐ or Việt Quốc, was a nationalist and democratic socialist political party that sought independence from French colonial rule in Vietnam during the early 20th century. ...

or ''Vietnamese Nationalist Party'' (founded 1927, in exile since 1975) *

National Party (Zambia) The National Party is a political party in Zambia. History The party was established in August 1993 by a group of nine MPs who had left the Movement for Multi-Party Democracy after the government refused to investigate corruption allegations aga ...

Former parties

* Australia: **

Nationalist Party of Australia The Nationalist Party, also known as the National Party, was an Australian political party. It was formed on 17 February 1917 from a merger between the Commonwealth Liberal Party and the National Labor Party, the latter formed by Prime Mini ...

(1917–1931) **

National Party (South Australia) The National Party was a political party active in South Australia from 1917 to 1923. As with the federal National Labor Party, it was created in the wake of the Australian Labor Party split over conscription, resulting in the February 1917 ex ...

(1917–1923) *

National Party (Belize) The National Party of Belize (NP) was a political party established mainly to fight the anti-colonialist movement propagated by the People's United Party (PUP). It had only minimal success and was eventually deregistered. The Party was established ...

Nationalist Party (Bolivia) The Nationalist Party (in Spanish: ''Partido Nacionalista'', PN) was a Bolivian reformist and nationalist political party. The Nationalist Party was founded on 29 December 1926 by President of the Republic Hernando Siles Reyes and a group of youn ...

* Burma: **

Nationalist Party (Burma) The Nationalist Party ( my, အမျိုးသားပါတီ) was a political party in Burma in the 1920s led by U Pu and U Ba Pe. History The party was a successor to the 21 Party led by U Ba Pe, which had emerged as the largest in th ...

(1920s) ** Nationalist Party (1930s) * Canada: **

National Party of Canada The National Party of Canada was a short-lived Canadian political party that contested the 1993 federal election. The party is not related to the earlier National Party that was founded in 1979. Formation Founded and led by Edmonton, Albert ...

National Party of Canada (1979) The National Party of Canada was considered a left-wing nationalist political party that was founded in Canada in 1979 to promote Canadian independence. The party's leader, Robin Mathews, was an active member and cultural critic for the Waffle mov ...

Parti National (Quebec) The Parti National was the name taken by the Liberal Party of Quebec, Canada, under the premiership of Honoré Mercier. Origin and beliefs It was founded on November 17, 1885, the day following the execution of Métis Leader Louis Riel. Many ...

Parti nationaliste du Québec The Parti nationaliste du Québec was a fringe Quebec-based federal political party in Canada, that advocated sovereignty of Quebec and was founded by Parti Québécois (PQ) supporters. Its primary goal was to represent Quebec's interests in O ...

* Chile: **

National Party (Chile, 1857) The National Party ( es, Partido Nacional) or Montt-Varist ( es, Monttvarista) was a Chilean political party formed in 1857 as a split from the Conservatives by the supporters of President Manuel Montt and Interior Minister Antonio Varas. The Nati ...

(1857–1933) **

National Party (Chile, 1966) The National Party (Spanish language, Spanish: ''Partido Nacional'', PN) was a Chilean List of political parties in Chile, political party formed in 1966 by the union of the United Conservative Party (Chile), United Conservative Party, the Liber ...

(1966–94) *

National Party (Colombia) National Party ( es, Partido Nacional, PN) was a Colombian nationalist political party. The Party was established in 1886 and dissolved in 1902. Presidents * Rafael Núñez : 1887–1888 * Carlos Holguín Mallarino : 1888–1892 * Miguel Ant ...

* Czech Republic: ** ''National Party'' (1848-1918), known as

Old Czech Party The Old Czech Party ( cz, Staročeši, officially National Party, ''Národní strana'') was formed in the Kingdom of Bohemia and Bohemian Crown Lands of Austrian Empire in Revolution Year of 1848. They initiated Czech national program, forming ...

National Party (Czech Republic) The National Party ( cs, Národní strana) was a far-right nationalist political party in the Czech Republic. Petra Edelmannová was the last leader of the party. Ideology and program They were strongly opposed to Czech membership of the European ...

Breton National Party The Breton National Party (French ''Parti National Breton'', Breton ''Strollad Broadel Breizh'') was a nationalist party in Brittany that existed from 1931 to 1944. The party was disbanded after the liberation of France in World War II, because of ...

, in France *

Liberal Party of Gibraltar The Liberal Party of Gibraltar (Libs or LPG) is a liberal political party in Gibraltar. It was founded in 1991 as the Gibraltar National Party and is led by Dr. Joseph Garcia. The LPG forms the GSLP–Liberal Alliance in partnership with the Gibr ...

(founded 1991 as ''Gibraltar National Party'') * Grenada: **

The National Party The National Party (TNP) was a political party in Grenada. History The party was established in July 1989 by Prime Minister Herbert Blaize, as a breakaway from the New National Party.Dieter Nohlen (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data han ...

Grenada National Party The Grenada National Party (GNP) was a conservative and economically liberal political party in Grenada that existed from 1955 to 1984, when it merged into the New National Party. It alternated in power with the Grenada United Labour Party (GULP ...

Nationalist Party (Iceland) The Nationalist Party ( is, Flokkur Þjóðernissinna) was a minor Icelandic political party that espoused a limited form of fascism before and during the Second World War. History The party was formed in March 1934 through a merger between the I ...

* Ireland: **

Nationalist Party (Ireland) The Nationalist Party was a term commonly used to describe a number of parliamentary political parties and constituency organisations supportive of Home Rule for Ireland from 1874 to 1922. It was also the name of the main Irish nationalist Nati ...

National Party (Ireland, 1924) The National Party was a minor political party in the Irish Free State between 1924 and 1925. It was a splinter group of nine Cumann na nGaedheal TDs led by Joseph McGrath, who had been Minister for Industry and Commerce in the Cumann na n ...

Catholic Democrats (Ireland) The Catholic Democrats was a minor conservative political party in Ireland that existed between 1995 and 2019. It was initially known as the National Party and later as the Christian Democrats before adopting its final name. History It was fou ...

(1995) * Isle of Man: **

National Party (Isle of Man) The National Party was a party in the Isle of Man that associated itself with the British Conservatives. They were active in the period between World War I and World War II in opposing the activities of the Manx Labour Party The Manx Labou ...

Manx National Party The Manx National Party was an offshoot of Mec Vannin, a nationalist party in the Isle of Man. Divisions within Mec Vannin caused the split in 1977, and the single Mec Vannin member of the House of Keys (Peter Craine Peter Alfred Craine (30 ...

(1977–1981) *

National Party (Japan) The National Party ( ja, 国民党, ''Kokumintō'') was a political party in Japan. A centrist party, its policies had a strong focus on education. History The party was established in July 1946 as the Shinseikai (''New Politics Society'') by a ...

* Malaysia: **

Sarawak National Party The Sarawak National Party known by its acronym as "SNAP", is now a defunct political party in Malaysia. It was a member party of the Alliance Party from 1963 to 1966 and a member of Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition from 1976 until its expulsion ...

** Parti Negara *

Nationalist Party (Peru) Nationalist Party (in Spanish: ''Partido Nacionalista'') was a political party in Peru , image_flag = Flag of Peru.svg , image_coat = Escudo nacional del Perú.svg , other_symbol = Great Seal of the State ...

National Party (Poland) The National Party ( pl, Stronnictwo Narodowe, SN) was a Polish nationalist political party formed on 7 October 1928 after the transformation of ''Popular National Union''. It gathered together most of the political forces of Poland's National De ...

Puerto Rican Nationalist Party The Nationalist Party of Puerto Rico ( es, Partido Nacionalista de Puerto Rico, PNPR) is a Puerto Rican political party founded on September 17, 1922, in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Its primary goal is to work for Puerto Rico's independence. The P ...

National Party (Romania) The Partida Națională () was a Romanian political party which existed in both Danubian Principalities from ca. 1700 to 1859, comprising those boyars who opposed foreign interference. It was a loose group which helped to popularize Romanian nation ...

West Indies National Party The West Indies National Party was a political party in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Saint Vincent and the Grenadines () is an island country in the Caribbean. It is located in the southeast Windward Islands of the Lesser Antilles, which ...

, in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines *

Solomon Islands Liberal Party The Solomon Islands Liberal Party (SILP) was a political party in the Solomon Islands. History The party was established as the Nationalist Party in 1975, before becoming the National Democratic Party (NADEPA).Haruhiro Fukui (1985) ''Political pa ...

a.k.a. ''Nationalist Party * South Africa: **

National Party (South Africa) The National Party ( af, Nasionale Party, NP), also known as the Nationalist Party, was a political party in South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded ...

(1914–1997) **

New National Party (South Africa) The New National Party (NNP) was a South African political party formed in 1997 as the successor to the National Party, which ruled the country from 1948 to 1994. The name change was an attempt to distance itself from its apartheid past, and re ...

(1997–2005) *

National Party (Sweden) The National Party of the Upper House ( sv, Första kammarens nationella parti), commonly known as the National Party ( sv, Nationella partiet), was a conservative political party in the upper house of Swedish parliament, formed in 1912 through t ...

National Party (Syria) The National Party ( ar, الحزب الوطني ''al-Ḥizb al-Waṭanī''; french: Parti National) was a Syrian political party founded in 1947, eventually dissolving in 1963, after the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region, Syrian Ba'a ...

Thai Nation Party Thai Nation Party, or Chart Thai Party ( th, พรรคชาติไทย, ) was a conservative political party in Thailand. It was dissolved by the Constitutional Court of Thailand on December 2, 2008, along with the People's Power Party and ...

* United Kingdom: **

British National Party (1960) The British National Party (BNP) was a neo-Nazi political party in the United Kingdom. It was led by John Bean. The group, which was subject to internal divisions during its brief history, established some areas of local support before helping to ...

Cornish Nationalist Party The Cornish Nationalist Party (CNP; kw, An Parti Kenethlegek Kernow) is a political party, founded by Dr James Whetter, who campaigned for independence for Cornwall. History It was formed by people who left Cornwall's main nationalist party Meb ...

English National Party English National Party has been the name of various political parties of England, which have commonly called for a separate parliament for England. The original ENP History The English National Party (ENP) was founded as the John Hampden New ...

National Party (UK, 1917) The National Party was a short-lived British political party created in August 1917 as a right-wing split from the Conservative Party. Formation The party was formed at the height of the First World War, by the Liberal Unionist peer Lord Am ...

National Party (UK, 1976) The National Party of the United Kingdom"The National Party"
''World in A ...

Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland) The Nationalist Party () was the continuation of the Irish Parliamentary Party (IPP), and was formed after the partition of Ireland, by the Northern Ireland-based members of the IPP. History Despite conventionally being referred to as a single ...

National Party of Scotland The National Party of Scotland (NPS) was a centre-left political party in Scotland which was one of the predecessors of the current Scottish National Party (SNP). The NPS was the first Scottish nationalist political party, and the first which c ...

National Party of Europe The National Party of Europe (NPE) was an initiative undertaken by a number of political parties in Europe during the 1960s to help increase cross-border co-operation and work towards European unity. Under the direction of Oswald Mosley, a pre-war ...

Vectis National Party The Vectis National Party was a minor political party operating on the Isle of Wight in the United Kingdom in the early 1970s. Formed in 1967,Adam Grydehøj and Philip Hayward"Autonomy Initiatives and Quintessential Englishness on the Isle of Wigh ...

National Party (United States) The National Party was an early-20th-century national political organization in the United States founded by pro-war defectors from the Socialist Party of America (SPA) in 1917. These adherents of the SPA Right first formed a non-partisan national ...

Active parties

Former parties

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