New Heritage Party
Heritage Party | |
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| Leader | Godfrey Miyanda |
| Founded | 2001 |
| Headquarters | Lusaka |
| Ideology | Nationalism Conservatism Liberalism |
| Political position | Right-wing |
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The Heritage Party is a political party in Zambia.
History
The party was formed in 2001 by Godfrey Miyanda after he left the Movement for Multi-Party Democracy over President Frederick Chiluba's plans to run for a third term in office.[1] In the December 2001 general elections Miyanda stood as the party's presidential candidate, finishing fifth in a field of eleven candidates with 8% of the vote. The party also received 8% of the vote in the National Assembly elections, winning four seats.[2]
In the 2006 elections Miyanda was the party's presidential candidate again, but saw his vote share fall to 1.6%; in the National Assembly elections the party's vote share was reduced to 1.3% and it lost all four seats. Miyanda stood for president again in 2008, but received less than 0.8% of the vote, finishing last amongst the four candidates.
The 2011 general elections saw Miyanda's share of the presidential vote reduced to 0.2%, whilst the party received just 485 votes in the National Assembly elections (0.02%). Miyanda ran for a fifth time in the 2015 presidential elections, finishing eighth in a field of eleven candidates with 0.3% of the vote.
Electoral history
Presidential elections
| Election | Party candidate | Votes | % | Result |
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| 2001 | Godfrey Miyanda | 140,678 | 8.09% | Lost 
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| 2006 | 42,891 | 1.57% | Lost
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| 2008 | 13,683 | 0.76% | Lost
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| 2011 | 4,730 | 0.17% | Lost
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| 2015 | 5,757 | 0.34% | Lost
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National Assembly elections
| Election | Party leader | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
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| 2001 | Godfrey Miyanda | 132,311 | 7.55% | 4 / 159
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| 2006 | 34,872 | 1.29% | 0 / 159
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| 2011 | 485 | 0.02% | 0 / 159
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References
- ^ Lansford, Tom, ed. (2014). Political handbook of the world 2014. Thousand Oaks, Calif.: CQ Press. p. 1617. ISBN 978-1483333281.
- ^ Zambia: 2001 National Assembly election results EISA
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