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{{Infobox political party | |||
|name = United Party for National Development | |||
|founded = 1998 | |||
|president = [[Hakainde Hichilema]] | |||
|ideology = [[Liberalism]],<br>[[Social liberalism]] | |||
|position = [[Centrism|Centre]] | |||
|international = [[Liberal International]]<br>(observer) | |||
|affiliation1_title = Continental affiliation | |||
|affiliation1 = [[Africa Liberal Network]] | |||
|seats1_title = [[National Assembly (Zambia)|National Assembly]] | |||
|seats1 = {{Composition bar|28|150|hex=yellow}} | |||
|colorcode = yellow | |||
|country = Zambia | |||
}} | |||
The '''United Party for National Development''' (UPND) is a [[liberalism|liberal]] [[political party]] in [[Zambia]], led by [[Hakainde Hichilema]]. The party is an observer member of [[Liberal International]].<ref>[http://www.liberal-international.org/editorial.asp?ia_id=924 United Party for National Development] Liberal International</ref> | |||
==History== | |||
The UPND was established in December 1998 and was initially led by [[Anderson Mazoka]], who had left the [[Movement for Multi-Party Democracy]] (MMD) shortly beforehand.<ref>Tom Lansford (2014) ''Political Handbook of the World 2014'', CQ Press, p1615</ref> Mazoka was the party's presidential candidate for the [[Zambian general election, 2001|2001 general elections]], finishing second with 27% of the vote, less than 2% behind the winner [[Levy Mwanawasa]] of the MMD. In the [[National Assembly (Zambia)|National Assembly]] elections the UPND won 49 seats, becoming the second largest party after the MMD. | |||
In March 2006 the party joined the [[United Democratic Alliance (Zambia)|United Democratic Alliance]], formed by the three largest opposition parties to contest that year's [[Zambian general election, 2006|general elections]]. After the death of Mazoka in May 2006, Hakainde Hichilema became party leader, and was the alliance's presidential candidate. However, he finished third behind Mwanawasa and [[Michael Sata]] with 25% of the vote. The UDA won only 26 seats in the National Assembly, down from the 74 the three parties had won in 2001. | |||
Hichilema was the UPND candidate for the [[Zambian presidential election, 2008|2008 presidential by-election]], finishing third with 20% of the vote. He finished third again in the [[Zambian general election, 2011|2011 general elections]] with 18% of the vote, whilst the UPND won 28 seats in the National Assembly, becoming the third-largest party. | |||
Hichilema was selected as the party's candidate for the [[Zambian presidential election, 2015|2015 presidential by-election]]. Hichilema become the main opponent to the [[Patriotic Front (Zambia)|Patriotic Front]] candidate [[Edgar Lungu]] after receiving the backing of several MMD MPs. Although Hichilema received 47% of the vote, Lungu was elected with 48%. | |||
==References== | |||
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{{Zambian political parties}} | |||
[[Category:Political parties in Zambia]] | |||
[[Category:1998 in Zambia]] | |||
[[Category:1998 establishments in Zambia]] | |||
[[Category:Politics of Zambia]] | |||
