This article lists political parties in Zambia.
Zambia

Zambia

Zambia , officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. The neighbouring countries are the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Tanzania to the north-east, Malawi to the east, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia to the south, and Angola to the west....

 is a one party dominant state with the Movement for Multi-Party Democracy in power. Opposition parties are allowed and do have some significant representation in government, but are widely considered to have no real chance of gaining the presidency or a majority in parkkokot.

Parties represented in the National Assembly

Name			Ideology	MPs National Assembly of Zambia The unicameral National Assembly of Zambia is the country's legislative body.The current National Assembly, formed following elections held on 20 September 2011, has a total of 156 members . 150 members are directly elected in single-member constituencies using the simple majority system...
	Patriotic Front Patriotic Front (Zambia) The Patriotic Front movement is the Zambian ruling political party. It is currently the most widely supported political party in Zambia. The Party was formed by Michael Sata as a breakaway party of the MMD in 2001. This was after the then-president Frederick Chiluba nominated Levy Mwanawasa as the...	PF	Democratic socialism Democratic socialism Democratic socialism is a description used by various socialist movements and organizations to emphasize the democratic character of their political orientation...	60
	Movement for Multi-Party Democracy	MMD	Social democracy Social democracy Social democracy is a political ideology of the center-left on the political spectrum. Social democracy is officially a form of evolutionary reformist socialism. It supports class collaboration as the course to achieve socialism...	55
	United Party for National Development United Party for National Development The United Party for National Development is a liberal political party in Zambia.At the 2001 legislative elections, held on 27 December 2001, the party won 23.3% of popular votes and 49 out of 159 seats...	UPND	Liberalism Liberalism Liberalism is the belief in the importance of liberty and equal rights. Liberals espouse a wide array of views depending on their understanding of these principles, but generally, liberals support ideas such as constitutionalism, liberal democracy, free and fair elections, human rights,...	28
	Alliance for Democracy and Development Alliance for Democracy and Development The Alliance for Democracy and Development is a political party in Cameroon. At the presidential elections, 11 October 2004, its candidate, Garga Haman Adji, won 3.7 % of the vote....	ADD		1
	Forum for Democracy and Development Forum for Democracy and Development The Forum for Democracy and Development is a political party in Zambia.The FDD was founded in 2001 by former members of the Movement for Multi-Party Democracy , disaffected by Frederick Chiluba's efforts to change the constitution to allow him to stand for a third term...	FDD		1

Other parties

• National Restoration Party
  National Restoration Party (Zambia)
  The National Restoration Party is a Zambian opposition political party. The Party was formed by Elias Chipimo Jnr with a vision to see an equitable and prosperous Zambia which can be, among other things, the continental breadbasket and a centre of technological and innovative excellence...
  
  
• Heritage Party
• UNIP
  United National Independence Party
  The United National Independence Party is a political party in Zambia. It governed that country from 1964 to 1991 under the presidency of Kenneth Kaunda....
  
  
• Forum for Democracy and Development
  Forum for Democracy and Development
  The Forum for Democracy and Development is a political party in Zambia.The FDD was founded in 2001 by former members of the Movement for Multi-Party Democracy , disaffected by Frederick Chiluba's efforts to change the constitution to allow him to stand for a third term...
  
  
• ULP
  United Liberal Party
  The United Liberal Party is a political party in Zambia. It was formed in July 2006 by Sakwiba Sikota after he lost the contest to become leader of the United Party for National Development. In the 28 September 2006 National Assembly election results the party won 2 out of 159 seats. The ULP later...
  
  
• National Democratic Focus (NDF)
• Zambia Republic Party (ZRP)
• Zambians For Empowerment and Development (ZED)

Defunct parties

• Northern Rhodesian African National Congress
  Northern Rhodesian African National Congress
  Northern Rhodesian African National Congress was a political party in Zambia. It was formed in 1948, as the Northern Rhodesia Congress , and Godwin Lewanika, a Barotseland native from an aristocratic background, became the first president. It was the first African political party in the country...
  
   (1948–1972)
• Zambian African National Congress
  Zambian African National Congress
  The Zambian African National Congress was a political organisation dedicated to promoting the rights of black people in Zambia. ZANC was formed in 1958, following a split from the Northern Rhodesian African National Congress. The president of ZANC was Kenneth Kaunda. In 1959 the party was banned...
  
   (ZANC) (1958–1959)
• United Progressive Party
  United Progressive Party (Zambia)
  The United Progressive Party was created in Zambia by Simon Kapwepwe and others, all from the ruling United National Independence Party in about August 1971. This provoked a big crisis in the cabinet, with five ministers expelled by Kenneth Kaunda, chief of the government and of the UNIP...
  
   (1971–1972)
• New Generation Party

See also

• Politics of Zambia
  Politics of Zambia
  Politics of Zambia takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the President of Zambia is both head of state and head of government, and of a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in both the...
  
  
• List of political parties by country