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| | Party Name | Nacionalista Party |
| Name Native | Partido Nacionalista ng Pilipinas |
| Colorcode | #98fb98 |
| Leader | Manny Villar |
| President | Manny Villar |
| Secretary General | Alan Peter Cayetano |
| Youth Wing | Nacionalista Party (NP) Youth Network |
| Foundation | April 29, 1907 |
| Position | Center-right |
| Ideology | conservatism, nationalism, neoliberalism |
| Headquarters | 2nd Level Starmall, EDSA corner Shaw Boulevard, Mandaluyong City, Philippines |
| Colors | Green and Orange |
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| International | None |
The Nacionalista Party (Spanish/Filipino: Partido Nacionalista) is the oldest political party in the Philippines today and was responsible for leading the country throughout the majority of the 20th century since its founding in 1907. The party began as the country's vehicle for independence, through the building of a modern nation-state, and through the advocacy of efficient self rule, dominating the Philippine Assembly (1907 - 1916), the Philippine Legislature (1916 - 1935) and the pre-war years of the Commonwealth of the Philippines (1935 - 1941). During the Japanese Occupation political parties were replaced by the KALIBAPI. By the second half of the century the party was one of the main political contenders for leadership in the country, in competition with the Liberals and the Progressives, during the decades between the devastation of World War II and the violent suppression of partisan politics of the Marcos dictatorship. In 1978, in a throwback to the Japanese Occupation, political parties were asked to merge into the Kilusang Bagong Lipunan, although the Nacionalistas preferred to go into hibernation. Eventually, the party was revived during the late 1980s and early 1990s by the Laurel family, which has dominated the Party since the 1950s. It is now being reborn by party president Sen. Manuel Villar. Two of the other present parties, the Liberal Party and the Nationalist People's Coalition are breakaways from the Nacionalista Party.
The Nacionalista Party is also known as the NP. There are no results available of the last elections for the House of Representatives, but according to the website of the House, the party holds five out of 235 seats (state of the parties, June 2005). The party was, at the 2004 elections a member of the Koalisyon ng Katapatan at Karanasan sa Kinabukasan (K-4, Coalition of Truth and Experience for Tomorrow), the coalition that supported president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, who won the 2004 presidential elections.
In the 14 May 2007 election, the party won 6 seats.
The Nacionalista Party was the ruling party from 1935-1944 (under President Manuel Quezon), 1944-1946 (under President Sergio Osmeña), 1953-1957 (under President Ramon Magsaysay), 1957-1961 (Under President Carlos P. Garcia), and 1965-1978 (under President Ferdinand Marcos).
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