The Nationalist Party has it's foundations win the movement for the unification of Akitsu. These movements resulted in unification in 1899. Soon afterwards, all the movements agreed to merge together to form a single political party. This party was called the Nationalist Party. Soon afterwards the party won an absolute majority in the State Committee. This absolute majority remained unchallenged for decades, and the Nationalist Party was the dominant party in a one-party system. The party suffered major losses in the 1965 general elections, after this the Democratic Party became a major opponent to the Nationalist Party. The result was the birth of a two-party system, in which the Nationalist and Democratic Parties dominated politics. The Nationalist Party started losing seats rapidly in t