The United Democratic Alliance (UDA) was a
political alliance in
Zambia formed to contest the
2006 general elections.
History
The UDA was formed on 1 March 2006 by the
United Party for National Development (UPND), the
United National Independence Party (UNIP) and the
Forum for Democracy and Development, which between them had won 74 of the 150 elected seats in the National Assembly in the
2001 elections.
Anderson Mazoka
Anderson K. Mazoka (22 March 1943 – 24 May 2006) was a Zambian politician and President of the United Party for National Development (UPND), a leading opposition party.
Life
Mazoka was born in Monze. He attended Union College, where he g ...
, who had finished as runner-up in the presidential elections, was the alliance's leader until his death in May 2006. He was succeeded by
Hakainde Hichilema,
Elections held in 2006
IPU also of the UPND.
In the 2006 elections Hichilema finished third out of the five presidential candidates with 25% of the vote. In the National Assembly
In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislature together. In the English language it generally means "an assembly composed of the r ...
elections the alliance received 23% of the vote, winning 26 seats.
The three parties contested the 2011 elections separately.
Election results
President
National Assembly
References
Political party alliances in Zambia
Political parties established in 2006
2006 establishments in Zambia
Defunct political parties in Zambia
Political parties with year of disestablishment missing
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