National Democratic Party (Akashi)

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National Democratic Party

国民民主党
𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌳𐍉 𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌳𐌰𐌼 𐌳𐌰𐌹𐌻ᚴ𐌾𐍉
AbbreviationNDP
Founded1950
Dissolved1993
Merged intoUnited Reform Party
IdeologyLiberal conservatism
Political positionCentre-right
National affiliationLight blue bloc
Colours  Light blue

The National Democratic Party (Miranian: 国民民主党 Kokumin minshutō; Gothic: 𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌳𐍉 𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌳𐌰𐌼 𐌳𐌰𐌹𐌻ᚴ𐌾𐍉 Alaþiudō Waldam Dailkjō) was a liberal conservative political party in Akashi.

Founded in 1950, it was a vehicle for moderate conservatives frustrated with the hard right course of the Conservative National Party. It became one of Akashi's main centre-right parties, and a founding member of the light blue bloc. It merged into the United Reform Party in 1993.

History

Early years

The NDP was founded in 1950, by moderate conservatives frustrated with the hardliners of the Conservative National Party, but unconvinced by the vacillating ordoliberalism of the Liberal Party.

For its first two decades, the party struggled against the dominance of the National Union. It participated in the United Opposition electoral alliance of 1962, which failed to unseat Yurika Ehara and led to acrimony over seat divisions. Despite the tensions within the alliance, the NDP's willingness to share a ballot with the Communist Party and Workers' Party attracted attention.

When the Reform Party was established in 1965 by conservative liberals who split from the LP, the NDP immediately built close relations, although a merger of the two parties could not be agreed at the time. They formed a unity list for 1966.

During the Summer of Freedom, the party deplored the violence while acknowledging the protesters' grievances and urging immediate reforms to redress them. It joined Yurikara's national unity government in 1968, its first participation in a national government.

Right battles

The collapse of the NU as a major party in 1972 opened up space for the other parties to advance. However, the right-wing faced several disadvantages: a dispersed vote due to multiple parties, the LP struggling in the role of centre-right standard-bearer, and a fierce enmity with the hardline dark blue bloc, in contrast to the stronger cooperation of the left and centre-left.

The breakthrough occurred after the "kibi-yuru war" left the progressive conservative faction in control of the CNP, repositioning it in the light blue bloc. The NDP joined the centre-right coalition formed after 1982, but its unwieldy size caused rows over allocation of cabinet posts. The CNP's landslide in the "blue wave" of 1986 led it to exit the coalition but provide outside support.

During the consolidation of the light blue bloc in the 1990s, the NDP was in negotiations with the new Moderate People's Party, but could not agree on a merger. Instead, it chose to merge into the United Reform Party in 1993.

Platform

The NDP was a liberal conservative party.

It was somewhat more market-friendly than the ordoliberal LP, but still opposed to laissez-faire economics.

Election results

National Assembly

Election Party list Constituency Seats +/– Status
PR votes % STV votes %
1950 97.895 4,1%
8 / 245
Increase 8 Opposition
1954 115.876 4,0%
8 / 200
Steady Opposition
1958 111.700 3,4%
7 / 200
Decrease 1 Opposition
19621 1.227.100 32,5%
11 / 200
Increase 4 Opposition
19662 213.134 5,2%
11 / 200
Steady Opposition (1966–1968)
Coalition (1968–1970)
1970 296.883 6,2% 201.341 4,2%
9 / 200
Decrease 2 Opposition
1972 325.376 6,5% 164.820 3,3%
11 / 200
Increase 2 Opposition
1974 351.184 6,8% 159.557 3,1%
10 / 200
Decrease 1 Opposition
1978 304.595 5,5% 166.885 3,0%
10 / 200
Steady Opposition
1980 473.898 8,4% 433.445 7,7%
16 / 200
Increase 6 Interim
1982 432.600 7,5% 362.594 6,3%
25 / 400
Increase 9 Coalition
1986 220.145 3,7% 202.519 3,4%
13 / 400
Decrease 12 Outside support (1986–1989)
Opposition (1989–1990)
1990 264.670 4,2% 151.074 2,4%
11 / 400
Decrease 2 Coalition

1 Result for the whole United Opposition, consisting of the Socialist Party, Liberal Party, NDP, Communist Party, Workers' Party, and Social Credit Party.

1 Result for the NDP–RP unity list.

Presidency

Election Candidate First round Second round Result
Votes % Votes %
1950 No candidate
19551 Tenshin Ōshima 328.695 11,3% Lost
19601 Hada Hama 393.309 11,1% Lost
19652 Haruki Yukimura 480.285 12,1% Lost
1970 No candidate
19753 Eiichi Watanabe 1.331.478 25,5% 2.458.625 49,8% Lost
1980 Gelvira 491.366 8,7% Lost
1985 No candidate
1990 No candidate

1 Jointly endorsed with the Liberal Party.

2 Jointly endorsed with the Liberal Party and Reform Party.

3 Jointly endorsed with United Akashi.

Provincial assemblies

Prefectural assemblies