 It merged with the ANC in 2005.A political realignment had occurred in the sense that the white and Coloured electorate the NP/NNP had retained in 1994 had in large part shifted to the DA, though other parties such as the new Independent Democrats had also benefited from the NNP's collapse.The NNP had also been beset by internal dissension and an uncertain position towards the ANC, later cooperating with it.