National Democratic Party (Vierzland)
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National Democratic Party Nationaldemokratische Partei | |
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| Chairman | Kaspar Vahl |
| Secretary-General | Eva Weiskopf |
| Deputy Chairman | Tilman Kohl |
| Founded | 2 April 2000 |
| Student wing | NDP Students |
| Youth wing | Young NDP |
| Proletarian wing | NDP Workers |
| Agricultural wing | NDP Farmers |
| Membership |  540,983 (2019) |
| Ideology | National conservatism Economic nationalism Social conservatism Right-wing populism Patryoscepticism |
| Political position | Right-wing |
| Colours | Dark blue Gold |
| Slogan | Vierzland für immer Vierzland forever |
| Seats in the Federal Assembly | 448 / 745
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| State Premierships | 8 / 14
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| Seats in State Assemblies | 1,468 / 2,454
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| Website | |
| www.NDP.vz | |
The National Democratic Party (Vierz: Nationaldemokratische Partei, NDP) is a right-wing, national conservative political party in Vierzland. The party has been led by Kaspar Vahl since 2012, and is currently the largest party in the country, holding a plurality of seats in the Federal Assembly as well as numerous state legislatures.
The NDP was founded in 2000 by an exodus of members from the United Republicans during the Higmon Affair scandal. The NPD first competed in the 2000 elections, winning 145 seats and becoming the country's second-largest party. In the 2005, 2007, and 2010 elections the NPD remained second to the Democratic Labour Party. In 2012, the NPD secured 392 seats, gaining an outright majority and making its chairman, Kaspar Vahl, chancellor. In the 2017 elections the NPD increased its majority in the Federal Assembly with over 60% of the seats.
The NDP has been widely characterized as a conservative party with strong leanings towards right-wing populism, economic nationalism, Patyroscepticism, and anti-immigration sentiment. Many political scientists label the party as ethnonationalist; the NDP rejects this characterization, and argues for both patriotism and cultural nationalism. The party is often controversially defined as the party of power within an allegedly increasingly-illiberal Vierz political system.