View source for List of political parties in Zambia

[[Zambia]] is a multi-party system with the [[Patriotic Front (Zambia)|Patriotic Front]] in power. Opposition parties are allowed and do have some significant representation in government.

==The parties==

===Parties represented in the National Assembly===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan=2 | Name
! 
! Ideology
! [[National Assembly of Zambia|MPs]]
! 
|-
! style="background-color: {{Patriotic Front (Zambia)/meta/color}}" |
| [[Patriotic Front (Zambia)|Patriotic Front]]
| PF
| [[Democratic socialism]]
| 72
| 
|-
! width=5px style="background-color: {{Movement for Multiparty Democracy/meta/color}}" |
| [[Movement for Multi-Party Democracy]]
| MMD
| [[Social democracy]]
| 34
| 
|-
! style="background-color: {{United Party for National Development/meta/color}}" |
| [[United Party for National Development]]
| UPND
| [[Liberalism]]
| 32
|
|-
! style="" |
| [[Alliance for Democracy and Development (Zambia)|Alliance for Democracy and Development]]
| ADD
| 
| 1
|-
! style="background-color: {{Forum for Democracy and Development/meta/color}}" |
| [[Forum for Democracy and Development]]
| FDD
| 
| 1
| {{ref label|Parties|A|A}}
|}

===Other parties===
* [[Agenda for Zambia]]
* [[National Alliance Party (NAP)]]
* [[National Restoration Party (Zambia)|National Restoration Party]]
* [[Heritage Party (Zambia)|Heritage Party]]
* [[United National Independence Party|UNIP]]
* [[Forum for Democracy and Development]]
* [[United Liberal Party (Zambia)|ULP]]
* [[National Democratic Focus]]
* [[Zambia Republican Party]]
* [[Zambians For Empowerment and Development (ZED)]]
* [[Alliance For a Better Zambia]]
* Green Party of Zambia (Greens)
* [[Social Democratic Party (Zambia)|Social Democratic Party]]
*Poor People's party
* [[Common Cause for Democracy]]

===Defunct parties===
* [[Zambian African National Congress]] (1948–1972)
* [[Zambian African National Congress (1958–59)|Zambian African National Congress]] (ZANC) (1958–1959)
* [[United Progressive Party (Zambia)|United Progressive Party]] (1971–1972)
*New Generation Party

==See also==
* [[Politics of Zambia]]

{{Zambian political parties}}


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