New Plymouth Social Democratic Party

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New Plymouth Social Democratic Party	New Plymouth Social Democratic Party
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Leader 	Katsumi Taniguchi
Deputy Leader 	Nadia Allaf
Founded 	15 March 1990
Ideology 	Social democracySocial liberalism
Political position 	Centre-left
Colour 	Red
Slogan 	Let's Keep Moving
Metropolitan Assembly 	/
Federal Parliament(NP seats) 	/
The New Plymouth Social Democratic Party (colloquially the New Plymouth Social Democrats or NP SDP) is the branch of the Social Democratic Party of Enderron operating in New Plymouth. The party is the one of the two major political parties in New Plymouth politics, the other being the New Plymouth Liberal Party. The current party leader is Katsumi Taniguchi, who has been Chief Minister of New Plymouth since 2023.
==Party leaders==
No. 	Name 	Term began 	Term ended 	Time in office
align="centre"	Tony O'Halloran 	15 March 1990 	27 November 1995	
align="centre"	Justine Leong 	27 November 1995	16 May 2002 	
align="centre"	Eric Ford 	16 May 2002 	30 August 2004 	
align="centre"	Helen Doukas 	30 August 2004 	1 June 2014 	
align="centre"	Kimberley Lau 	1 June 2014 	29 October 2023 	
align="centre"	Katsumi Taniguchi	29 October 2023 	Incumbent 	
===Deputy party leaders===
#Eric Ford (1990–1993)
#Justine Leong (1993–1995)
#Wayne Sartori (1995–2002)
#Vicki Williams (2002–2004)
#Sheetal Chopra (2004–2010)
#Mark Donoghue (2010–2014)
#Will Ouyang (2014–2016)
#Katsumi Taniguchi (2016–2023)
#Nadia Allaf (2023–present)
==Election results==
===Metropolitan Assembly===
Election	Seats won	± 	Total votes	% 	Position	Government 	Leader
1990 	/ 	New	 	43.69%	1st 	Majoritygovernment 	Tony O'Halloran
1994 	/ 	1 	 	40.78%	1st 	Majoritygovernment 	Tony O'Halloran
1998 	/ 	2 	 	45.31%	1st 	Majoritygovernment 	Justine Leong
2002 	/ 	12 	 	39.79%	2nd 	OfficialOpposition 	Justine Leong
2006 	/ 	8 	 	40.17%	1st 	Majoritygovernment 	Helen Doukas
2010 	/ 	1 	 	42.58%	1st 	Majoritygovernment 	Helen Doukas
2014 	/ 	2 	 	35.96%	2nd 	OfficialOpposition 	Helen Doukas
2018 	/ 	4 	 	34.89%	1st 	Minoritygovernment 	Kimberley Lau
2022 	/ 	1 	 	 	1st 	Coalitiongovernment	Kimberley Lau