National Solidarity Party (Singapore)

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The National Solidarity Party (Chinese: 国民团结党) is a centrist party in Singapore. Formed in 1987 by a group of middle-class businessmen and women, it has contested the elections since 1988 and has not yet won a seat. Its previous leader was Tan Chee Kien, before being currently led by its President Yip Yew Weng and Secretary General Steve Chia Kiah Hong, who is a member of the Parliament of Singapore as a Non-Constituency Member of Parliament. He was the most successful opposition candidate who did not win a seat in the Singapore general election, 2001.

The NSP is a Political Party founded in July 1987. It is also a founding member of the Singapore Democratic Alliance (SDA), led by Chiam See Tong, MP for Potong Pasir. The NSP was represented in Parliament from 2002 to 2006 by its Secretary General Mr Steve Chia, as the Non-Constituency Member of Parliament (NCMP) when he garnered the most percentage of votes among the Opposition losers at the 2001 General Elections in Choa Chu Kang.

The NSP focuses around introducing 'competition' into politics, with the intrinsic perspective that due to the total dominance of the Singapore People's Action Party that there is not a high level of accountability and not enough checks and balances. The party has been noted by observers as being as a continuation of the highly meritocratic culture that has become popular in Singapore during the last century into politics. As noted above, the party is a centrist party in terms of economic and social policy, arguing that 'greater' involvement from more sectors of Singaporean society in politics would further 'democratise' the government's decision-making paradigm.