New Middle Party
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The New Middle Party (in Dutch: Nieuwe Midden Partij, NMP) is a dutch middle class-interest political party. The NMP is a marginal party and was only successful during the 1971 elections.
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[edit] History
The NMP was founded in 1970. It entered in the 1971 elections, and won two seats. Several months after the elections one of its MPs, De Jong came into conflict with the party's chairs, Te Pas, because he was involved in law suits over corruption. De Jong continued as independent MP. In the 1972 election the party won no seats.
The party continues to exist and unsuccessfully competed in the 2002 election.
[edit] Name
The party saw itself as the continuation of the pre-war Middleclassparty, as such it styled itself as "New Middleclass Party" or "New Middle Party".
[edit] Ideology & Issues
The NMP is a party for businesspeople and shopkeepers. It also appeals to forgotten groups like the elderly, unmarried and handicapped. It wants to spread the taxes and benefits more equal between social groups. It is fiscal conservative and seeks to curtail bureaucracy am reduce government debt. Meanwhile it wants to secure the worth of old age pensions and increase spending on healthcare. Furthermore it wants end "car bullying", that is taxes on petrol, driven kilometers and car-purchases. It advocates limited migration into the EU and ending spilling money through development cooperation.
[edit] Representation
In this table the election results of the NMP in Tweede Kamer and Eerste Kamer elections is represented, as well as the party's political leadership: the fractievoorzitter, is the chair of the parliamentary party and the lijsttrekker is the party's top candidate in the general election, these posts are normally taken by the party's leader.
| Year | TK | EK | Lijsttrekker | Fractievoorzitter |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 2 | 0 | Albert te Pas | Albert te Pas |
[edit] Electorate
The NMP was supported in the 1971 elections by floating voters, especially those who supported a similar party, the Farmers' Party during the 1967 elections.
[edit] International Comparison
As a protest party of the middle class the NMP is comparable to the Norwegian or Danish progress parties, they were however far more successful.
