National Democratic Party (Vierzland)

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National Democratic Party

Nationaldemokratische Partei
ChairmanKaspar Vahl
Secretary-GeneralEva Weiskopf
Deputy ChairmanTilman Kohl
Founded2 April 2000
Student wingNDP Students
Youth wingYoung NDP
Proletarian wingNDP Workers
Agricultural wingNDP Farmers
MembershipIncrease 540,983 (2019)
IdeologyNational conservatism
Economic nationalism
Social conservatism
Right-wing populism
Patryoscepticism
Political positionRight-wing
Colours  Dark blue
  Gold
SloganVierzland für immer
Vierzland forever
Seats in the Federal Assembly
448 / 745
State Premierships
8 / 14
Seats in State Assemblies
1,468 / 2,454
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.