FULL LIST: 133 political parties to contest 2018
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
Coalition Parties
PRCOPP People’s Rainbow Coalition Of Opposition Political Parties
CODE Coalition Of Democrats
MDC Alliance
