Regional and National Political Parties in Nagaland
Major National Political Parties in Nagaland
- Indian National Congress (INC)
- Hokishe Sema is the first Chief Minister from INC party in 1986.
- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
Minor National-Level Political Parties in Nagaland
- National People’s Party (NPP)
- Janata Dal (United) (JDU)
- Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)
- Trinamool Congress (TMC)
- Lok Janashakti Party (LJP)
- Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)
Regional Political Parties from Nagaland
- Founded in 2002
- Motto: Fide Non Arms (By faith, not by arms)
- Prior to October 2002, the party was known as Nagaland People’s Council (NPC)
- Dr. Shurhozelie Liezietsu is the president of NPF (as of 2018)
Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP)
- Founded in 2017
- Motto: Facta Non Verba (Deeds, not words)
- Democratic Progressive Party was formed in 2017 by some dissidents of Naga Peoples Front.
- In October 2017, Democratic Progressive Party was renamed as Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party.
- Chingwang Konyak is the president of NDPP (as of 2018)
Naga National Democratic Party (NNDP)
- Founded in 1964
- NNDP party was formed from the merger of United Democratric Front and Naga National Party
United Naga Democratic Party (UNDP)
- Launched in 2008 in Wokha
- Motto: ‘Peace and Prosperity.’
Other Defunct / Renamed / Merged Regional Political Parties of Nagaland
- Naga Peoples Convention – merged with Naga Nationalist Organisation
- Naga Nationalist Organisation (NNO) – merged with Congress
- The first three Chief Ministers of Nagaland – P.Shilu Ao, T.N. Angami and Hokishe Sema are from Naga Nationalist Organisation (NNO) party.
- United Democratic Front (UDF) -merged into Naga National Democratic Party
- Vizol Angami, the 4th Chief Minister of Nagaland is from United Democratic Front party.
- United Democratic Front – Progressive (UDF-P) -merged with Congress
- Nagaland People’s Council (NPC) -later renamed as Nagaland Peoples Front
- Nagaland Democratic Party (NDP) – formed 1999 -merged with Nagaland Peoples Front
- Naga National Party (NNP) -merged into Naga National Democratic Party
- Nationalist Democratic Movement (NDM) -merged with BJP
- Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) -renamed as Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party
- Nagaland Congress (NC) -merged with NPP