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Politics of Zambia


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Zambia is a multi-party system with the United Party for National Development in government. Opposition parties are allowed and do have some significant representation in government.

Active parties

Parties represented in the National Assembly

Party		Abbr.	Leader	Political position	Ideology	MPs
	United Party for National Development	UPND	Hakainde Hichilema	Centre-left	Liberalism Social democracy	82 / 156
	Patriotic Front	PF	Miles Sampa	Centre-left	Social democracy Social conservatism	59 / 156
	Party of National Unity and Progress	PNUP	Highvie Hamududu	Centre-right	Liberalism Conservatism	1 / 156
	New Era Democratic Party	NED	Pumulo Situmbeko	Centre-right	Democracy Conservatism	1 / 156

Other parties

Citizens first( CF)

Zambia must prosper(zmp)

Zambia wake up(zawapa)

Defunct parties

Zambian African National Congress (1948–1972)
Zambian African National Congress (1958–1959)
United Progressive Party (1971–1972)
New Generation Party
National Democratic Alliance (1990-?)

See also

v t e Political parties in Zambia
National Assembly	United Party for National Development (82) Patriotic Front (60) Party of National Unity and Progress (1) Independents (13)
Unrepresented	Alliance for Democracy and Development Democratic Party Forum for Democracy and Development Heritage Party Movement for Multi-Party Democracy National Party National Restoration Party Rainbow Party Socialist Party United Liberal Party United National Independence Party Zambia Democratic Congress Zambians for Empowerment and Development Zambia Republican Party
Defunct	Agenda for Zambia Central Africa Party Confederate Party Dominion Party Federal Party National Citizens' Coalition National Democratic Focus National Progressive Party Northern Rhodesian Labour Party Revolutionary Socialist Party United Democratic Alliance United Federal Party United Party United Progressive Party Zambia Alliance for Progress Zambian African National Congress (1948–1972) Zambian African National Congress (1958–1959)
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