National People's Congress (Vishwamitra)

National People's Congress
President	Arthur Lacey-Scott-FitzLacia
Chairman	Farhaz Hazarika
Vice Presidents	Klarissa Sriraya Rafe Burfield
General Secretary	Mandala Arya Setya
Treasurer	Vacant
Founded	25 December 2017 (2017-12-25) (as Friends Societal Congress)
Merger of	FSFP  • FSFP  • FSIP
Ideology	Big Tent Secularism
Political position	Centre to Centre-left
National affiliation	National People's Alliance
Parliament	12 / 20

The National People's Congress, also known by its acronym as NPC is one of the two principal parties of Vishwamitra. It was initially founded as the Friends Societal Congress on 25 December 2017 by then President Varuna Sriraya who then became the Prime Minister. The party won the first General Elections in 2018 which was coincidentally it's first contested elections, in which it aligned with the Friends Society Secular Party.

Since, then the party had consecutively won all general and presidential elections held. On 21 March 2018, the Friends Society Freedom Party led by Arnab Sil decided to merge with the Congress. Post elections, the Friends Society Independent Party also decided to merge with the Congress. On the eve of the 2019 March General Elections, the Friends Society Secular Party led by Tanishkaa Patranabish also decided to merge the party with the Congress.

On 3 March 2020, the Friends Societal Congress was renamed to the National People's Congress.

Leadership

Presidents

The President of the National People's Congress is the highest office-holder in the party and the chief decision maker within the party. The President is responsible for approving any decision related to the party. The first person to serve as the president was Varuna Sriraya, who led the party from its establishment until June 2020. The current office of President of the NPC, is temporarily vacant.

No.	Name	To	From
1	Varuna Sriraya	25 December 2017	7 June 2020
2	Princess Anoushkaa	8 June 2020	5 March 2021
3	Ștefan Marius Snagoveanu	6 March 2021	11 July 2021
4	Farhaz Hazarika	11 July 2021	12 December 2021
5	Rory Leonard	12 December 2021	April 2022
6	Arthur Lacey-Scott-FitzLacia	28 August 2022	Incumbent

Executive committee

The President is assisted by a board of members which is the executive council of the party. The current committee was formed with the appointment of Farhaz Hazarika as the President on 11 July 2021. The current executive committee comprises:

1. Arthur Lacey-Scott-FitzLacia - President
2. Klarissa Sriraya & Rafe Burfield - Vice President
3. Farhaz Hazarika - Leader of the House
4. Mandala Arya Setya - General Secretary
5. Vacant - Treasurer

Electoral performance

Presidential elections

Election year	Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Rank	Outcome
2018	Varuna Sriraya	1,410 / 2,000	70.5	1st	Elected
2019		781 / 1,000	78.1	1st	Elected

General elections

Election year	Leader	Seats won	Percentage	Rank
2018	Varuna Sriraya	13 / 26	50%	- Draw
2019	Tanishkaa Patranabish	18 / 28	64.28%	1st
2019 (By-polls)		3 / 4	75%	1st
2020		34 / 35	97.14%	1st
Mar 2021	Ștefan Marius Snagoveanu	11 / 20	55%	1st
Nov 2021	Farhaz Hazarika / Rory Leonard	17 / 20	85%	1st
2022	Farhaz Hazarika / Arthur Lacey-Scott-FitzLacia	13 / 20	65%	1st
2023	Arthur Lacey-Scott-FitzLacia	12 / 20	60%	1st

Mergers

Name of the party		Leader	Date of merger	Notes
	Friends Society Freedom Party	Arnab Sil	20 March 2018	The party merged into the National People's Congress, formerly known as the Friends Societal Congress on the eve of the General Elections 2018 and decided to contest the elections as one.
	Friends Society Independent Party	Klarissa Sriraya	21 March 2018	The party merged into the National People's Congress, formerly known as the Friends Societal Congress on 21 March 2018, following the party's failure in the General Elections.
	Friends Society Secular Party	Tanishkaa Patranabish	16 March 2019	The party merged into the Friends Societal Congress, following the breakout of 5 MPs from the ruling government and the formation of the Independent Party on the same day.