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The New Republic Party (NRP) was a South African political party. It was formed as the successor to the disbanded United Party in 1977. The remains of this party merged with the smaller Democratic Party at a special congress in Johannesburg in September of the same year, where Radclyffe M. Cadman was elected as the party's first national leader.

However, a significant number of its parliamentarians refused to remain with the new party; some joined the anti-apartheid Progressive Federal Party and others eventually joined the ruling National Party. The 1977 South African general election left the New Republic Party gutted, with only 10 parliamentary seats, down from the 41 the United Party had held previously.

In the 1981 South African general election the party could only retain eight of its seats. The party continued its decline when it won only one seat in the 1987 South African general election. The party later disbanded.