National Democratic Party (Namibia)

The National Democratic Party (NDP) is a political party in Namibia. It was formed in 1973 as the Ovamboland Independence Party (OIP) by Silas Ipumbu.^[1][2] It took the name NDP to contest the elections to the Ovambo Legislative Assembly, by then under the leadership of Cornelius Tuhafeni Ndjoba.^[3] The party's base was amongst the Ovambo people. The party is currently under the leadership of Mr. Martin Lukato . NDP won one seat in the National Assembly, sending Lukato to parliament, in the National Assembly election of 2024.^[4]

After being dormant for three decades the NDP contested in the 2015 local authority elections in the Zambezi Region but failed to gain a seat.^[5] In 2019 it contested the national assembly election and gathered 4,559 votes (0.6%), not enough to gain a seat in parliament.^[6] It also competed in the 2024 Namibian General Election and received 6,647 votes (0.61%), which gained the party one seat.