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

is a

multi-party system In political science, a multi-party system is a political system in which multiple political parties across the political spectrum run for national elections, and all have the capacity to gain control of government offices, separately or in ...

with the

United Party for National Development The United Party for National Development (UPND) is a social liberal political party in Zambia, led by Hakainde Hichilema, the current president of the country. The party is an observer member of the Africa Liberal Network. History The UPND was ...

in power. Opposition parties are allowed and do have some significant representation in government.

Active parties

Parties represented in the National Assembly

Other parties

* Agenda for Development Party for the People * Agenda for Zambia *

Alliance for a Better Zambia An alliance is a relationship among people, groups, or states that have joined together for mutual benefit or to achieve some common purpose, whether or not explicit agreement has been worked out among them. Members of an alliance are called ...

* Alliance for Democracy and Development * Common Cause for Democracy * Democratic Party *

Forum for Democracy and Development The Forum for Democracy and Development (FDD) is a political party in Zambia. History The FDD was founded in 2001 by former members of the Movement for Multi-Party Democracy (MMD), disaffected by Frederick Chiluba's efforts to change the constit ...

* Green Party of Zambia (Greens) * Merge Zambia Party (MZ) *

Movement for Multi-Party Democracy The Movement for Multi-party Democracy (MMD) also known as New Hope MMD is a political party in Zambia. Originally formed to oust the previous government, MMD controlled an absolute majority in parliament between 1991 and 2001, when its past lead ...

* National Alliance Party * National Democratic Focus * National Restoration Party * New Heritage Party * People’s Convention Independence Party *

People's Party (Zambia) People's Party, Peoples Party or Popular Party may refer to one of the following political parties. Translations into English of the names of the various countries' parties are not always consistent, but ''People's Party'' is the most common. Curr ...

* Rainbow Party * Republican Progressive Party * Social Democratic Party *

Socialist Party Socialist Party is the name of many different political parties around the world. All of these parties claim to uphold some form of socialism, though they may have very different interpretations of what "socialism" means. Statistically, most of t ...

* United Liberal Party *

United National Independence Party The United National Independence Party (UNIP) is a political party in Zambia. It governed the country from 1964 to 1991 under the socialist presidency of Kenneth Kaunda, and was the sole legal party in the country between 1973 and 1990. On 4 ...

* Zambians For Empowerment and Development * Zambia Republican Party

Defunct parties

Zambian African National Congress The Northern Rhodesia Congress was a political party in Zambia. History The Northern Rhodesia Congress party was formed in 1940, as the Northern Rhodesia Congress (NRC) or Northern Rhodesia African Congress (NRAC). Godwin Lewanika, a Barotseland ...

(1948–1972) *

(1958–1959) * United Progressive Party (1971–1972) * New Generation Party * National Democratic Alliance (1990-?)

Active parties

Parties represented in the National Assembly

Other parties

Defunct parties

See also