List of political parties in Zambia

Zambia is a multi-party system with the United Party for National Development in power. 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	Liberalism	82 / 156
	Patriotic Front	PF	Edgar Lungu	Centre-left	Social democracy Social conservatism	59 / 156
	Party of National Unity and Progress	PNUP	Highvie Hamududu	Centre-right	Liberalism	1 / 156

Other parties

• Agenda for Development Party for the People
• Agenda for Zambia
• All Peoples Congress Party (Nasson Msoni)
• Alliance for a Better Zambia
• Alliance for Democracy and Development
• 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
• 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
• Zambians For Empowerment and Development
• Zambia Republican Party

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