Parti Negara
The Parti Negara (lit. 'National Party' also spelled Party Negara) was a Malay-based political party which was formed by former leaders of the Independence of Malaya Party (IMP) in 1953, and formally launched in February 1954. It was founded by Dato Sir Onn Jaafar, the first president of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), after losing an internal power struggle.
National Party Parti Negara | |
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| Abbreviation | Negara |
| Founder | Onn Jaafar |
| Founded | February 1954 |
| Dissolved | 19 January 1962 |
| Ideology | Nationalism |
| Colours | Yellow |
| Slogan | For God and Country |
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The party, which was constitutionally multi-ethnic, sought to create a niche for itself as a third force in the late fifties and early sixties but it failed miserably. The party did not gain significant support within the Malay community, and was derided by the UMNO-led Alliance Party for its alleged chauvinism. The only parliamentary seat Parti Negara ever won was in the 1959 general elections in Terengganu, by Onn himself.
With the death of Onn in 1962, Parti Negara eventually fizzled out. The seat that Onn won was won back by the Alliance in the subsequent by-election.