FULL LIST: 133 political parties to contest 2018

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By Staff Reporter

ZIMBABWE will likely have its highest number of political parties and individuals vying to become President, MPs and councilors in elections due for 30 July this year.

A list of 133 parties, the highest number of parties since independence, has been released with most of them totally unknown among locals.

These include a party calling itself, Busier Busier and another which goes by the name, G40 Generation 40.

However, of the parties, the ruling Zanu PF and the main opposition MDC-T are the only ones that stand a realistic chance of winning the next polls.

Zimbabwe Electoral Commission Commissioner Joice Kazembe once derisively described some of the small parties as “family based”.

Below a list of 133 parties.

SER. ACRONYM NAME OF POLITICAL PARTY

#1980FMZ #1980 Freedom Movement Zimbabwe
ADP African Democratic Party
AKE Alliance Khumbule’ Ekhaya
ANSA Alliance for National Salvation
APA Alliance for the People’s Agenda
BCP Bethel Christian Party
Busier Busier
BZA Build Zimbabwe Alliance
CP Chiefs Party
CTD Congress for True Democracy
DARE Democratic Assembly for Restoration and Empowerment
DA-UPP Democratic Alliance- United People`s Party
DAVID Divine Alliance for Vitalisation of Inspired Development
DAZ Democratic Alliance Zimbabwe
DOP Democratic Opposition Party of Zimbabwe
DPZ Democratic Party of Zimbabwe
DRK Democratic Revolution Kommand
DRP Democracy Restoration Party
ENDP Economic National Democratic Party
ERA Economic Reform Assembly
ERP Economic Reconstruction Party
FDZ Federal Democrats of Zimbabwe
FF Freedom Front
FJCZ Freedom Justice Coalition Zimbabwe
FLOANP (formally ANP) Forces of the Liberation Organisation of African National Party
FZC Freezim Congress
G40 Generation 40
GNSD Gungaisizwe Nationalistic Social Democrats
GPM: ZPP Zimbabwe People’s Party: Good People’s Movement
J JDP Justice and Development Party
KP Kambizi Party
LD Liberal Democrats
LP Liberation Party
LWTF Long Walk To Freedom
MAAT-Zimbabwe MAAT – Zimbabwe
MAYAZ Movement Amalgamating Youths to Advance Zimbabwe
MCD Multi-Racial Christian Democrats
MDC Movement for Democratic Change
MDC Movement For Democratic Change
MDC-T Movement For Democratic Change – Tsvangirai
MKD Mavambo Kusile Dawn
MNP Mthwakazi National Party
MPDPZ Multi People’s Democratic Party of Zimbabwe
MRP Mtwakazi Republic Party
N.D.C National Democratic Congress
NAP National Action Party
NAPDR Nationalists Alliance of Patriotic and Democratic Republicans
NCA National Constitutional Assembly
NDC National Democratic Congress
NEPF National Empowerment Progressive Front Party
NP New Page
NPF National Patriotic Front
NPF (formally PIMZ) New Patriotic Front
NPJE National Party for Justice and Economics
NPP National People’s Party
NUP National Unity Party
NZDC New Zimbabwe Democratic Change
NZDP New Zimbabwe Democratic Party
NZRP New Zimbabwe Republican Party
PACD Progressive Alliance of Christian Democrats
PDP People’s Democratic Party
PDU People’s Democratic Union
PDZ Progressive Democrats of Zimbabwe
PIMZ Progressive and Innovative Movement of Zimbabwe
PPPZ People’s Progressive Party Zimbabwe
RAC Righteous African Congratulation Party
RDP Rainbow Democratic Party
RPDZ Real Progressive Democrats of Zimbabwe
RPZ Republican Party of Zimbabwe
RZFP Rise-up Zimbabwe Freedom Party
RZP Rebuilding Zimbabwe Party
SAPAZIM-SPZ Salvation Political Party Zimbabwe
SDP Sustainable Development Party
SUVOZ Suffering Voices of Zimbabwe
TAD The African Democrats
TIZ Total Independence of Zimbabwe
TKC Thy Kingdom Come
TZ Transform Zimbabwe
UANC United African National Council
UCA United Christian Alliance
UCAD United Crusade for Achieving Democracy
UCADGPZ United Crusade for Achieving Democracy Green Party of Zimbabwe
UDA United Democratic Alliance
UDF United Democratic Front
UDM (changed from UMUP) United Democracy Movement (changed from United Movement and Unions Party)
UDP United Development Party
UMD United Movement for Democracy
UMD United Movement for Devolution
UPP United People`s Party
UPZ Unity Party Zimbabwe
URFZ United Residents Front of Zimbabwe
USSAC Union of Socialist States of the African Continent
VIVA Voices In The Vision of Africa
VOP Voice of the People
VP Vanhu Party
WOYE Word Of Yahwe Expression
ZANU – PF Zimbabwe African National Union Patriotic Front
ZANU NDONGA Zimbabwe African National Union -Ndonga
ZANU VANHU
ZAPU Zimbabwe African People`s Union
ZCP Zimbabwe Communists Party
ZCPF Zimbabwe Citizen Party Forum
ZDC Zimbabwe Democratic Change
ZDP Zimbabwe Development Party
ZDPP Zimbabwe Democratic and Patriotic Party
ZDRP
ZEFF Zimbabwe Economic Freedom Fighters
ZEFP Zimbabwe Economic Freedom Party
ZIA Zimbabwe In Alliance
Zimfirst Zimbabwe First Party
ZIM-ID Zimbabwe Independent Democrats
ZimPF Zimbabwe People First
ZINACO Zimbabwe National Congress
ZIPP Zimbabwe Partnership for Prosperity
ZITA Zimbabwe Transitional Alliance
ZITER Zimbabwe Industrial & Technological Revolutionary Party
ZIYA Zimbabwe Youth in Alliance
ZLD Zimbabwe Liberation Democrats
ZLP Zimbabwe Labour Party
ZNRC Zimbabwe National Redemption Congress
ZOOPP Zimbabwe Organized Open Political Party
ZPF Zimbabwe People First
ZPF Zimbabwe People’s Front
ZPFU Zimbabwe Provincial Federal Unity
ZPM Zimbabwe Patriotic Movement
ZPV Zimbabwe People’s Voice
ZRDP Zimbabwe Rainbow Democratic Party
ZRDP Zimbabwe Revolutionary Democratic Party
ZRF Zimbabwe Republican Front
ZRP Zimbabwe Republican Party
ZUDA Zimbabwe United Democratic Alliance
Z ZUM Zimbabwe Uhuru Movement
ZUNDE Zimbabwe United for Democracy