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The Papua New Guinea National Party is a political party in Papua New Guinea.
The party started in the early 1970s in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea by pioneer members like Sir Thomas Kavali, Paul Pora and a number of University Students and later joined by the firebrand Highlands Leader, Sir Iambake Okuk and reinforced by vibrant, uncompromised and result driven leader, Paul Pora.
At the 2002 election, the party is said to have won 3 of 109 seats. The party won 1 out of 109 seats in the 2007 General Elections It was led into the 2012 election by Simon Sanangke from outside parliament; however, the party won no seats.
It is currently led by MP Kerenga Kua, who assumed the leadership in 2016 after his resignation from the National Alliance Party.