TheNational People's Party was a South African political party founded in 1981 byAmichand Rajbansi. It participated in political structures established forIndian South Africans during theapartheid era: first theSouth African Indian Council, and then theHouse of Delegates in theTricameral Parliament.

The NPP controlled the South African Indian Council after its election in 1981. When the House of Delegates was created at theelection of 1984, the NPP won 18 of 40 elected seats. In theelection of 1989 it won only 8 seats, coming second to theSolidarity Party.

After the end of apartheid in 1994 the party reformed as theMinority Front.

Election	Party leader	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Position
1984	Amichand Rajbansi	29,862	36.12%	18 / 40	18	1st
1989		38,523	24.9%	9 / 45	9	2nd

• Enoch, Benita (29 December 2011)."Rajbansi: Bombastic, thick-skinned and controversial".IOL. Retrieved20 August 2012.
• "Amichand Rajbansi".South African History Online. Retrieved20 August 2012.

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