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  "id": "zm-political-parties",
  "name": "Zambia — Political Parties",
  "title": "Zambia — Political Parties",
  "description": "Political parties of Zambia from the Party Facts core parties list (hdigital/partyfactsdata). Each record includes the Party Facts ID, short and long names (localized + English + other transliterations), first and last years of activity, peak vote share with year, and Wikipedia link where available. The Party Facts project links party identities across major comparative-politics datasets (ParlGov, MARPOR/Manifesto, CHES, V-Party, etc.).",
  "category": "politics",
  "source": "https://github.com/hdigital/partyfactsdata",
  "source_url": "https://github.com/hdigital/partyfactsdata",
  "updated": "2026-04",
  "record_count": 19,
  "columns": [
    {
      "key": "partyfacts_id",
      "label": "Partyfacts Id",
      "type": "number"
    },
    {
      "key": "name_short",
      "label": "Name Short",
      "type": "string"
    },
    {
      "key": "name",
      "label": "Name",
      "type": "string"
    },
    {
      "key": "name_english",
      "label": "Name English",
      "type": "string"
    },
    {
      "key": "name_other",
      "label": "Name Other",
      "type": "string"
    },
    {
      "key": "year_first",
      "label": "Year First",
      "type": "number"
    },
    {
      "key": "year_last",
      "label": "Year Last",
      "type": "number"
    },
    {
      "key": "share",
      "label": "Share",
      "type": "number"
    },
    {
      "key": "share_year",
      "label": "Share Year",
      "type": "number"
    },
    {
      "key": "wikipedia",
      "label": "Wikipedia",
      "type": "string"
    },
    {
      "key": "description",
      "label": "Description",
      "type": "string"
    },
    {
      "key": "comment",
      "label": "Comment",
      "type": "string"
    },
    {
      "key": "technical",
      "label": "Technical",
      "type": "string"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "partyfacts_id": 2333,
      "name_short": "MMD",
      "name": "Movement for Multi-party Democracy",
      "name_english": "Movement for Multi-party Democracy",
      "name_other": "",
      "year_first": 1990,
      "year_last": "",
      "share": 74,
      "share_year": 1991,
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movement_for_Multi-Party_Democracy",
      "description": "",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
    },
    {
      "partyfacts_id": 2334,
      "name_short": "UNIP",
      "name": "United National Independence Party",
      "name_english": "United National Independence Party",
      "name_other": "",
      "year_first": 1959,
      "year_last": "",
      "share": 73.2,
      "share_year": 1968,
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_National_Independence_Party",
      "description": "",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
    },
    {
      "partyfacts_id": 7288,
      "name_short": "FP",
      "name": "Federal Party",
      "name_english": "United Party",
      "name_other": "",
      "year_first": 1953,
      "year_last": 1957,
      "share": 54.31,
      "share_year": 1954,
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Party_(Rhodesia_and_Nyasaland)",
      "description": "",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
    },
    {
      "partyfacts_id": 7289,
      "name_short": "UFP",
      "name": "United Federal Party",
      "name_english": "United Party",
      "name_other": "",
      "year_first": 1957,
      "year_last": 1963,
      "share": 52.4,
      "share_year": 1959,
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Federal_Party",
      "description": "",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
    },
    {
      "partyfacts_id": 4128,
      "name_short": "ZANC",
      "name": "Zambian African National Congress",
      "name_english": "Northern Rhodesian African National Congress",
      "name_other": "Northern Rhodesia Congress",
      "year_first": 1948,
      "year_last": "",
      "share": 25.4,
      "share_year": 1968,
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zambian_African_National_Congress",
      "description": "",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
    },
    {
      "partyfacts_id": 2335,
      "name_short": "UPND",
      "name": "United Party for National Development",
      "name_english": "United Party for National Development",
      "name_other": "",
      "year_first": 1998,
      "year_last": "",
      "share": 23.8,
      "share_year": 2001,
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Party_for_National_Development",
      "description": "",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
    },
    {
      "partyfacts_id": 2302,
      "name_short": "PF",
      "name": "Patriotic Front",
      "name_english": "Patriotic Front",
      "name_other": "",
      "year_first": 2001,
      "year_last": "",
      "share": 23,
      "share_year": 2006,
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriotic_Front_%28Zambia%29",
      "description": "",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
    },
    {
      "partyfacts_id": 7187,
      "name_short": "UDA",
      "name": "United Democratic Alliance",
      "name_english": "United Democratic Alliance",
      "name_other": "",
      "year_first": 2006,
      "year_last": 2008,
      "share": 22.5,
      "share_year": 2006,
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Democratic_Alliance_(Zambia)",
      "description": "",
      "comment": "ParIS",
      "technical": ""
    },
    {
      "partyfacts_id": 2332,
      "name_short": "FDD",
      "name": "Forum for Democracy and Development",
      "name_english": "Forum for Democracy and Development",
      "name_other": "",
      "year_first": 2001,
      "year_last": "",
      "share": 15.6,
      "share_year": 2001,
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forum_for_Democracy_and_Development",
      "description": "",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
    },
    {
      "partyfacts_id": 4125,
      "name_short": "ZDC",
      "name": "Zambia Democratic Congress",
      "name_english": "Zambia Democratic Congress",
      "name_other": "",
      "year_first": 1995,
      "year_last": 2006,
      "share": 13.8,
      "share_year": 1996,
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zambia_Democratic_Congress",
      "description": "",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
    },
    {
      "partyfacts_id": 5264,
      "name_short": "NPP",
      "name": "National Progressive Party",
      "name_english": "National Progressive Party",
      "name_other": "",
      "year_first": 1963,
      "year_last": 1966,
      "share": 13.3,
      "share_year": 1963,
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Progressive_Party_(Zambia)",
      "description": "",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
    },
    {
      "partyfacts_id": 7290,
      "name_short": "DP",
      "name": "Dominion Party",
      "name_english": "Dominion Party",
      "name_other": "",
      "year_first": 1956,
      "year_last": "",
      "share": 11.2,
      "share_year": 1959,
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominion_Party",
      "description": "",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
    },
    {
      "partyfacts_id": 7291,
      "name_short": "CAP",
      "name": "Central Africa Party",
      "name_english": "Central Africa Party",
      "name_other": "",
      "year_first": 1959,
      "year_last": "",
      "share": 10,
      "share_year": 1959,
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Africa_Party",
      "description": "",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
    },
    {
      "partyfacts_id": 3685,
      "name_short": "HP",
      "name": "Heritage Party",
      "name_english": "Heritage Party",
      "name_other": "",
      "year_first": 2001,
      "year_last": 2006,
      "share": 7.6,
      "share_year": 2001,
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heritage_Party_(Zambia)",
      "description": "",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
    },
    {
      "partyfacts_id": 4126,
      "name_short": "NP",
      "name": "National Party",
      "name_english": "National Party",
      "name_other": "",
      "year_first": 1996,
      "year_last": 2001,
      "share": 7.3,
      "share_year": 1996,
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zambian_general_election,_1996",
      "description": "",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
    },
    {
      "partyfacts_id": 4122,
      "name_short": "NLP",
      "name": "National Lima Party",
      "name_english": "National Lima Party",
      "name_other": "",
      "year_first": 1996,
      "year_last": 1996,
      "share": 6.5,
      "share_year": 1996,
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zambian_general_election,_1996",
      "description": "",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
    },
    {
      "partyfacts_id": 4124,
      "name_short": "ZRP",
      "name": "Zambia Republican Party",
      "name_english": "Zambia Republican Party",
      "name_other": "",
      "year_first": 2001,
      "year_last": 2006,
      "share": 5.5,
      "share_year": 2001,
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zambia_Republican_Party",
      "description": "",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
    },
    {
      "partyfacts_id": 4127,
      "name_short": "ULP",
      "name": "United Liberal Party",
      "name_english": "United Liberal Party",
      "name_other": "",
      "year_first": 2006,
      "year_last": 2011,
      "share": 2.4,
      "share_year": 2006,
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Liberal_Party_(Zambia)",
      "description": "",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
    },
    {
      "partyfacts_id": 4123,
      "name_short": "NCC",
      "name": "National Citizens' Coalition",
      "name_english": "National Citizens' Coalition",
      "name_other": "",
      "year_first": 2001,
      "year_last": 2001,
      "share": 2,
      "share_year": 2001,
      "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Citizens%27_Coalition",
      "description": "",
      "comment": "",
      "technical": ""
    }
  ],
  "meta": {
    "title": "Zambia — Political Parties - Free Download",
    "description": "Political parties of Zambia from the Party Facts core parties list (hdigital/partyfactsdata). Each record includes the Party Facts ID, short and long names (localized + English + other transliterations), first and last years of activity, peak vote share with year, and Wikipedia link where available. The Party Facts project links party identities across major comparative-politics datasets (ParlGov, MARPOR/Manifesto, CHES, V-Party, etc.). Contains 19 records. Download in Excel, CSV, PDF formats.",
    "seo_title": "Zambia — Political Parties | ListBase",
    "seo_description": "Download Zambia — Political Parties dataset with 19 records. Available in Excel, CSV, PDF formats.",
    "key_takeaways": [
      "Contains 19 records with 13 fields",
      "Available for free download in Excel, CSV, and PDF formats",
      "Data sourced from https://github.com/hdigital/partyfactsdata"
    ]
  }
}