List of political parties in Zambia
From Chalo Chatu, Zambia online encyclopedia
Zambia is a multi-party system with the Patriotic Front in power. Opposition parties are allowed and do have some significant representation in government.
The parties
Parties represented in the National Assembly
| Name | Ideology | MPs | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patriotic Front | PF | Democratic socialism | 72 | ||
| Movement for Multi-Party Democracy | MMD | Social democracy | 34 | ||
| United Party for National Development | UPND | Liberalism | 32 | ||
| Alliance for Democracy and Development | ADD | 1 | |||
| Forum for Democracy and Development | FDD | 1 | [A] | ||
Other parties
- Agenda for Zambia
- National Alliance Party (NAP)
- National Restoration Party
- Heritage Party
- UNIP
- Forum for Democracy and Development
- 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
- Poor People's party
- Common Cause for Democracy
Defunct parties
- Zambian African National Congress (1948–1972)
- Zambian African National Congress (ZANC) (1958–1959)
- United Progressive Party (1971–1972)
- New Generation Party
