The Socialist Party is an opposition party in

Zambia Zambia (), officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central Africa, Central, Southern Africa, Southern and East Africa, although it is typically referred to as being in Southern Africa at its most cent ...

. It describes itself as

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and

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. The party was launched in March 2018 in a split from Rainbow Party, another Zambian socialist party. It was founded by the journalist and businessman

Fred M'membe Fred M'membe (born 11 March 1959) is a Zambian journalist known for his editorship of the ''Zambia Post''. He has received numerous international awards for his reporting. In 2000, the International Press Institute named him one of its World Pre ...

, who was the party's candidate for president in the

2021 Zambian general election General elections were held in Zambia on 12 August 2021 to elect the President, National Assembly, mayors, council chairs and councillors. Hakainde Hichilema of the United Party for National Development was elected president, defeating incumbent ...

. While the formerly ruling Patriotic Front describes itself as socialist, in its current form it is generally seen as center-left. The Socialist Party's 2021 election manifesto promised a focus on universal education and health care, as well as cooperative farming.

Electoral history

Presidential elections

National Assembly elections

References

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