New Democratic Party

The New Democratic Party (NDP; Latin: Novus Popularis Factio, NPF) is a democratic socialist federal political party in the Republic of Panem. The party was founded in 1961, out of the merger of the Democratic Party (a remnant of the former Democratic Party) and the Panem Labour Federation (one of two national trade union centres in Panem). On the Panem political spectrum, the party sits to the left of the Liberal Party and, on certain issues, to the left of the Green Party. The federal and state level NDPs are more integrated than other political parties in Panem, and have shared membership.

Before 1995, the NDP had always been the fourth largest party in the National Assembly of Panem. However, at the 1995 Federal Election, the NDP became the third largest party after achieving its best result at a federal election. From 2003 to 2005, the NDP benefitted greatly from the trade unions' defection from the Liberal Party, with most of them aligning with the NDP. This allowed the NDP to expand its voter base and, at the 2005 Federal Election, it became the Official Opposition; overtaking the Liberal Party as the second largest party in the National Assembly. The base of the NDP's support comes from urban cities and de-industrialized towns, in addition to certain rural areas in parts of Wales and Lancaster. Since 2004, the Lancastrian New Democrats have formed government in Lancaster and, since 2019, the Welsh New Democrats have been the governing party in Wales.

Since February 2014, the NDP has been the governing party on the federal level and, since 2015, has had a majority government. The current leader of the New Democratic Party is Chancellor Jackie Bishop, who was elected to the leadership in November 2011. Following the 2019 Federal Election, it is the largest party in the National Assembly with 194 seats (a majority of 31).