List of political parties in Zambia explained

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
	Patriotic Front	PF		Centre-left	Social democracy Social conservatism
	Party of National Unity and Progress	PNUP	Highvie Hamududu	Centre-right	Liberalism Conservatism
	New Era Democratic Party	NED	Pumulo Situmbeko	Centre-right	Democracy Conservatism

Other parties

• Alliance for Democracy and Development
• ALL Peoples Congress Party (APC)
• Common Cause for Democracy
• Democratic Party
• Forum for Democracy and Development
• Green Party of Zambia (Greens)
• Merge Zambia Party (MZ)
• Movement for Multi-Party Democracy
• National Alliance Party
• National Democratic Focus
• National Restoration Party
• New Heritage Party
• New Era Democratic Party (NED)
• People’s Convention Independence Party
• People's Party (Zambia)
• Rainbow Party
• Republican Progressive Party
• Social Democratic Party
• Socialist Party
• United Liberal Party
• United National Independence Party
• The Zambia We Want Party (ZWW)
• Zambia Republican Party
• Citizens first(CF)
• Zambia Must Prosper(ZMP)
• Zambia Wake Up Party (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

• Politics of Zambia
• List of political parties by country