Naga National Democratic Party
The Naga National Democratic Party is a regional political party in Nagaland, India, founded in 1964. The party was formed from a merger of the United Democratic Front and the Naga National Party. John Bosco Jasokie is the party leader. This party was founded on certain principles and objectives and one of the first and foremost objective and agenda is to help resolve the Naga political issue, he said. “With this objective in mind, our leaders in 1963, on this day, the 21st October gathered in Kohima and held a meeting and formed a party called Democratic Party of Nagaland (DPN).”

The first nomenclature of the party was DPN under the chairmanship of A Kevichusa. Kikon said the party, so far, have changed the nomenclature seven times. However, the motto of the party and the party symbol remained the same. From 1963- it was DPN. Then, changed into United Front of Nagaland (UFN) in 1969, 1972- United Democratic Front (UDF), 1980- Naga Nationalist Democratic Party (NNDP), 1998- Naga People Council (NPC), 2002- Nagaland People’s Front (NPF) and later changed into Naga People’s Front (NPF). Electoral history

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Political parties in Nagaland
1964 establishments in Nagaland
Political parties established in 1964