National Independent Party (Guyana)

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The National Independent Party is a political party in Guyana led by Saphier Husain Suebedar.

History

The party was founded by Saphier Husain-Subedar, and contested the 1997 general elections with Shain Hussain as its presidential candidate. However, it received only 258 votes and failed to win a seat. [1]

The party did not run in the 2001, 2006 or 2011 elections, but returned for the 2015 elections, in which it received just 262 votes (0.06%).

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References

  1. Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I, pp366-368 ISBN   978-0-19-928357-6