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{{Infobox political party
| country = Malaysia
| name = National Party
| native_name = Parti Negara
| logo =
| logo_size = 250px
| abbreviation = Negara
| founder = [[Onn Jaafar]]
| foundation = 28 February 1954<ref>{{Cite news |title=NEW PARTY AIMS TO GOVERN UNITED MALA YA |date=1 March 1954 |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19540301-1.2.24 |access-date=19 February 2025 |work=[[New Straits Times|The Straits Times]] |pages=1 |language=en}}</ref>
| dissolution = 12 February 1967<ref>{{Cite news |title=The Party Negara is off the register |date=12 February 1967 |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19670212-1.2.31 |access-date=19 February 2025 |work=[[New Straits Times|The Straits Times]] |pages=2 |language=en}}</ref>
| successor = 
| headquarters = [[Kota Bharu]], [[Malaysia]]<ref>{{Cite news |title=PARTY NEGARA DECIDES TO MOVE H.Q. TO KOTA BHARU |date=1960-09-07 |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/freepress19600907-1.2.56 |access-date=2025-02-28 |work=[[Singapore Free Press]] |pages=5 |language=en}}</ref>
| membership_year = 
| membership = 
| ideology = [[Nationalism]]
| position = 
| international = 
| colours = Yellow
| colorcode = Yellow
| website = 
| slogan = For God and Country
| footnotes = 
}}
{{Politics of Malaysia}}

[[File:Parti Negara pin.jpg|thumb|left|A party's badge, showcasing its logo.]] 
The '''Parti Negara''' ({{Literal translation|National Party}} also spelled '''Party Negara''') was a [[Malay people|Malay]]-based political party which was formed by former leaders of the [[Independence of Malaya Party]] (IMP) in 1954, and formally launched in February 1954. It was founded by Dato [[Sir]] [[Onn Jaafar]], the first president of the [[United Malays National Organisation]] (UMNO). He formed the party after losing an internal power struggle.<ref name="IMP">{{cite web|author=Wong Chin Huat|date=17 August 2007|title=Splits in Umno and Opposition unity|url=https://www.malaysianbar.org.my/article/news/legal-and-general-news/general-news/splits-in-umno-and-opposition-unity|access-date=29 September 2021|work=[[The Sun (Malaysia)|The Sun]]|via=[[Malaysian Bar]]}}</ref>

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 (Malaysia)| Alliance Party]] for its alleged chauvinism. The only [[Parliament of Malaysia|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.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Mohamed Abid|title=Reflections of pre-independence Malaya|publisher=Pelanduk Publications|year=2003|isbn=967-978-865-2|location=Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia|pages=42|oclc=53896919}}</ref>  The seat that Onn won was won back by the Alliance in the subsequent [[1962 Kuala Trengganu Selatan by-election|by-election]].

==List of party leaders==
'''President'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! # !! Name !! Took office !! Left office !! Remarks
|-
| 1 || Hamzah Abdullah  || 28 February 1954 || 10 December 1955 || <ref>{{Cite news |title=Party Negara |date=2 June 1954 |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19540602-1.2.108.12 |access-date=19 February 2025 |work=[[New Straits Times|The Straits Times]] |pages=6 |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| 2 || [[Onn Jaafar]]  || 10 December 1955 || 19 January 1962 || <ref>{{Cite news |title=DATO ONN TO BE NEGARA LEADER |date=10 December 1955 |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19551210-1.2.89 |access-date=19 February 2025 |work=[[New Straits Times|The Straits Times]] |pages=7 |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| 3 || Baba Ludek  || 19 January 1962 || 3 January 1964 || <ref>{{Cite news |title=Party Negara Chief quits |date=3 January 1964 |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19640103-1.2.46 |access-date=19 February 2025 |work=[[New Straits Times|The Straits Times]] |pages=6 |language=en}}</ref>
|}

'''Secretary-General'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! # !! Name !! Took office !! Left office !! Remarks
|-
| 1 || Raja Ayoub Raja Bot  || 28 February 1954 || 19 October 1954 ||
|-
| 2 || [[Onn Jaafar]]  || 19 October 1954 || 10 December 1955 || <ref>{{Cite news |title=ONN IS NOW NEGARA'S 'SUPERMAN' |date=19 October 1954 |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19541019-1.2.16 |access-date=19 February 2025 |work=[[New Straits Times|The Straits Times]] |pages=1 |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| 3 || Raja Ayoub Raja Bot  || 10 December 1955 || 19 January 1962 || <ref>{{Cite news |title=Building up Party Negara |date=17 September 1959 |url= |access-date= |work=[[Singapore Free Press]] |pages=7 |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| 4 || [[Garieb Abdul Raouf]]  || 19 January 1962 || 23 October 1965 || <ref>{{Cite news |title=NEGARA LEADER GHARIEB QUITS THE PARTY |date=23 October 1965 |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19651023-1.2.46 |access-date=19 February 2025 |work=[[New Straits Times|The Straits Times]] |pages=6 |language=en}}</ref>
|}

== General election results ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Election
! Total seats won
! Total votes
! Share of votes
! Outcome of election
! Election leader
|-
![[1955 Malayan general election|1955]]
| {{Composition bar|0|52|hex=yellow}}
| 78,909
| 7.88%
| {{steady}}; '''No representation in Legislative Council'''
| [[Onn Jaafar]]
|-
![[1959 Malayan general election|1959]]
| {{Composition bar|1|104|hex=yellow}}
| 32,578
| 2.11%
| {{increase}}1 seat; '''Opposition'''
| [[Onn Jaafar]]
|-
![[1964 Malaysian general election|1964]]
| {{Composition bar|0|104|hex=yellow}}
| 7,319
| 0.36%
| {{decrease}}1 seat; '''No representation in Parliament'''
| [[Garieb Abdul Raouf]]
|-
|}

== State election results ==
<div style="width: 100%; overflow:auto; border: 2px solid #088">
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center; font-size:95%;"
! rowspan="2" |State election
! colspan="9" |State Legislative Assembly
|-
![[Perlis State Legislative Assembly|Perlis]]
![[Kedah State Legislative Assembly|Kedah]]
![[Kelantan State Legislative Assembly|Kelantan]]
![[Terengganu State Legislative Assembly|Terengganu]]
![[Penang State Legislative Assembly|Penang]]
![[Selangor State Legislative Assembly|Selangor]]
![[Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly|Negeri Sembilan]]
![[Johor State Legislative Assembly|Johor]]
!Total won / Total contested
|-
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
|-
|2/3 majority
|{{Composition bar|2|3|hex=#dcdcdc}}
|{{Composition bar|2|3|hex=#dcdcdc}}
|{{Composition bar|2|3|hex=#dcdcdc}}
|{{Composition bar|2|3|hex=#dcdcdc}}
|{{Composition bar|2|3|hex=#dcdcdc}}
|{{Composition bar|2|3|hex=#dcdcdc}}
|{{Composition bar|2|3|hex=#dcdcdc}}
|{{Composition bar|2|3|hex=#dcdcdc}}
|
|-
|1954
|
|
|
|{{Composition bar|0|12|hex=yellow}}
|
|
|
|
|{{Composition bar|0|12|hex=yellow}}
|-
|1955
|{{Composition bar|0|9|hex=yellow}}
|
|{{Composition bar|0|16|hex=yellow}}
|
|{{Composition bar|0|14|hex=yellow}}
|
|{{Composition bar|0|12|hex=yellow}}
|{{Composition bar|0|16|hex=yellow}}
|{{Composition bar|0|19|hex=yellow}}
|-
|1959
|
|{{Composition bar|0|24|hex=yellow}}
|{{Composition bar|0|30|hex=yellow}}
|{{Composition bar|4|24|hex=yellow}}
|{{Composition bar|0|24|hex=yellow}}
|{{Composition bar|0|28|hex=yellow}}
|{{Composition bar|0|24|hex=yellow}}
|{{Composition bar|0|32|hex=yellow}}
|{{Composition bar|4|23|hex=yellow}}
|-
|1964
|
|
|
|{{Composition bar|0|24|hex=yellow}}
|
|
|
|
|{{Composition bar|0|17|hex=yellow}}
|}
</div>

==References==
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{{Malaysian political parties}}

[[Category:1953 establishments in Malaya]]
[[Category:1962 disestablishments in Malaya]]
[[Category:Political parties established in 1953]]
[[Category:Political parties disestablished in 1962]]
[[Category:Defunct political parties in Malaysia]]


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