Sarawak National Party known by its acronym as "SNAP", is now a defunct political party in Malaysia. It was a member party of Barisan Nasional since the formation of Malaysia in 1963 until 2004 when it was expelled from Barisan Nasional. It contested the General Election in 2004 as well as the Sarawak state elections of 2006 and 2011 as an opposition party.
On 18 April 2010, SNAP officially became a member of the Pakatan Rakyat, the federal opposition coalition. However, just before the Sarawak State Elections in April 2011, SNAP withdrew from Pakatan, citing seat allocation disagreements with PKR. On 6 May, SNAP had announced that they are no longer member of the Pakatan Rakyat coalition.
On 17 January 2013, the Federal Court of Malaysia declared that SNAP is no longer a registered party because the party did not furnish evidence that leadership tussle in the party has been resolved.
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