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.
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[edit] The parties
[edit] Parties represented in the National Assembly
| Name | Ideology | MPs | |||
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| 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 | [A] | ||
[edit] 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)
[edit] Defunct parties
- Northern Rhodesian African National Congress (1948–1972)
- Zambian African National Congress (ZANC) (1958–1959)
- United Progressive Party (1971–1972)
- New Generation Party
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