Political Parties and Elections
In Niue, political parties have never played an important role. There is, at present, no political party, and candidates to elections therefore run as independents. The only party ever to have existed, the Niue People's Party, disbanded in 2003.
As there are no political parties, there is no formal parliamentary Opposition. However, independent member of the Assembly O'Love Jacobsen has been Premier Young Vivian's most regular opponent and critic.
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