The PNP, which grew out of the university student movement of the 1970s and 1980s,[1] was created in 1983 to back the presidential candidacy of Rubén Darío Paredes.
[2] In August 1983, Paredes was nominated as the Democratic Revolutionary Party candidate for president.
In the face of opposition to his candidacy, he announced his withdrawal from politics in September, but later ran as a nominee of the PNP.
The PNP was abolished by the Electoral Tribunal in November 1984.
[4] It joined the Opposition Action Alliance coalition behind the official candidate Alberto Vallarino in 1999.