List of political parties in Zambia

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Zambia is a multi-party system with the Patriotic Front in power. Opposition parties are allowed and do have some significant representation in government, but are widely considered to have a real chance of gaining the presidency or a majority in the National Assembly of Zambia.

The parties

Parties represented in the National Assembly

Name			Ideology	MPs
	Patriotic Front	PF	Democratic socialism	60
	Movement for Multi-Party Democracy	MMD	Social democracy	55
	United Party for National Development	UPND	Liberalism	28
	Alliance for Democracy and Development	ADD		1
	Forum for Democracy and Development	FDD		1

Other parties

• National Restoration Party
• Heritage Party
• UNIP
• Forum for Democracy and Development
• ULP
• National Democratic Focus (NDF)
• Zambia Republic Party (ZRP)
• Zambians For Empowerment and Development (ZED)
• Alliance For a Better Zambia (ABZ)

Defunct parties

• Northern Rhodesian African National Congress (1948–1972)
• Zambian African National Congress (ZANC) (1958–1959)
• United Progressive Party (1971–1972)
• New Generation Party

See also

• Politics of Zambia
• List of political parties by country