The National People's Party was a South African political party founded in 1981 by
Amichand Rajbansi. It participated in political structures established for
Indian South Africans during the
apartheid
Apartheid ( , especially South African English: , ; , ) was a system of institutionalised racial segregation that existed in South Africa and South West Africa (now Namibia) from 1948 to the early 1990s. It was characterised by an ...
era: first the
South African Indian Council, and then the
House of Delegates in the
Tricameral Parliament.
The NPP controlled the South African Indian Council after its election in 1981. When the House of Delegates was created at the
election of 1984, the NPP won 18 of 40 elected seats. In the
election of 1989 it won only 8 seats, coming second to the
Solidarity Party.
After the end of apartheid in 1994 the party reformed as the
Minority Front.
Electoral history
House of Delegates elections
References
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Defunct political parties in South Africa
Organisations associated with apartheid
Indian diaspora in South Africa
Political parties established in 1981
1981 establishments in South Africa
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