New Zealand People's Party Explained

New Zealand People's Party
Colorcode:
  1. 22316C
Leader:Anil Sharma
Founded:2015
Seats1 Title:House of Representatives
Website:Facebook
Country:New Zealand
State:New Zealand

The New Zealand People's Party was a political party in New Zealand. The party was established in 2015[1] and had a particular focus on the rights of immigrants.[2] [3] It operated as an independent party for a 2016 by-election and the 2017 general election, and as a component party of Advance New Zealand for the 2020 election.[4] The party's leader, as of September 2020, was Anil Sharma.[5]

History

Standalone party

The New Zealand People's Party was established in 2015. It was initially led by Roshan Nauhria, who was a co-founder.[6]

Nauhria stood as a candidate in the 2016 Mount Roskill by-election,[7] winning 709 votes or 4.2% and coming third.[8] The People's Party also contested the 2017 Mount Albert by-election, with Vin Tomar, an early childhood teacher and real estate agent, as their candidate.[9] Tomar received 191 votes, or 1.5% of the votes cast, coming fourth.

In 2016, New Zealand First leader Winston Peters called the party a 'National Party front'.[10]

On 20 May 2017 the party applied for registration with the Electoral Commission[11] and was registered by the Electoral Commission on 20 June 2017.[12] It ran six list candidates.[13] At the 2017 general election, the party gained only 0.1% of the party vote (1,890 votes) and won no seats in the New Zealand House of Representatives.[14]

The party was deregistered by the Electoral Commission, at the party's request, on 30 April 2019.[15]

Component party of Advance New Zealand

The leader of the Advance New Zealand party, Jami-Lee Ross, appeared in a Facebook video of 29 July 2020 and stated that the New Zealand People's Party would be joining with Advance.[16] The Electoral Commission confirmed that the People's Party was a component party of Advance on 18 August. Advance New Zealand received only 1.0% of the party vote in the 2020 general election,[17] not enough to enter Parliament, so no candidates from the People's Party were elected.

Current status

By December 2020, the People's Party was no longer recorded as a component party of Advance.[18]

People's Party founder, Roshan Nauhria, said he would financially back Gaurav Sharma in the 2022 Hamilton West by-election, saying, "I will support him financially, 100 percent. Wholeheartedly… [it] doesn't matter the money, whatever he needs".[19] Gaurav Sharma lost that election, coming fourth.[20]

The People's Party did not field any candidates for the 2023 general election.[21]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 27 October 2015. Constitution of the New Zealand People's party Incorporated. 30 August 2016.
  2. News: Lynch. Jenna. 30 August 2016. NZ's first political party dedicated to immigrants. 23 January 2017. Newshub.
  3. Web site: 30 August 2016. Political party for immigrants to focus on crime. 30 August 2016. Radio New Zealand.
  4. Web site: 18 August 2020. Component parties recorded for The Advance New Zealand Party. New Zealand Electoral Commission.
  5. Web site: About Us. usurped. https://web.archive.org/web/20200928171607/https://nzpublicparty.org.nz/about. 2020-09-28. New Zealand Public Party.
  6. Web site: 12 October 2016. Planning underway ahead of 'one vote' December 3 Mt Roskill by-election. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20161019060508/https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/planning-underway-ahead-one-vote-december-3-mt-roskill-election. 2016-10-19. 19 August 2020. TVNZ.
  7. Web site: Roshan Nauhria chasing shock win in Roskill . Nicholas Jones . The New Zealand Herald . 1 December 2016 . 5 December 2016.
  8. Web site: Mt Roskill – Preliminary Count . NZ Electoral Commission . 3 December 2016 . 5 December 2016.
  9. Web site: New Zealand People Party to spice up Mt Albert by-election, announces candidate. 26 December 2016. Indian Weekender. 9 January 2017.
  10. News: New Zealand People's Party is a 'National Party front' – Winston Peters. 3 September 2016. Newshub. 5 December 2016.
  11. Web site: Application to register political party and logo . NZ Electoral Commission . 20 May 2017 . 26 May 2017.
  12. News: Register of Political Parties. Electoral Commission. 27 July 2017. en.
  13. Web site: Party and candidate lists for 2017 Election. Electoral Commission. 7 October 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171007120507/http://www.elections.org.nz/news-media/party-and-candidate-lists-2017-election. 7 October 2017. dead.
  14. Web site: 2017 General Election – Official Result. New Zealand Electoral Commission. 7 October 2017.
  15. Web site: 1 May 2019. People's Party no longer registered. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20190501045813/https://www.elections.org.nz/news-media/peoples-party-no-longer-registered. 2019-05-01. 3 May 2019. New Zealand Electoral Commission.
  16. Web site: 29 July 2020. NZ People's Party joins forces with NZ Public Party and Advance NZ for the 2020 elections. Facebook - Apna Television Channel 36 - NZ.
  17. Web site: 2020-11-06. 2020 General Election and Referendums - Official Result. 2020-11-06. Electoral Commission.
  18. Web site: Register of political parties. 2020-12-07. elections.nz. en-NZ.
  19. News: Wealthy businessman Roshan Nauhria willing to financially back Gaurav Sharma . Jenna . Lynch . Newshub . 19 October 2022 . 20 October 2022 .
  20. Web site: Hamilton West by-election official results . 2023-06-27 . Elections . en-NZ.
  21. Web site: Electorate candidates . 2023-09-17 . Vote NZ . en-NZ.

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