{ "id": "zw-political-parties", "name": "Zimbabwe — Political Parties", "title": "Zimbabwe — Political Parties", "description": "Political parties of Zimbabwe 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": 32, "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" } ], "rows": [ { "partyfacts_id": 5345, "name_short": "RF/CAZ", "name": "Rhodesian Front / Conservative Alliance of Zimbabwe", "name_english": "Rhodesian Front / Conservative Alliance of Zimbabwe", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1962, "year_last": 1992, "share": 77, "share_year": 1974, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhodesian_Front", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 3305, "name_short": "ZANU-PF", "name": "Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front", "name_english": "Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1980, "year_last": "", "share": 63, "share_year": 2013, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zimbabwe_African_National_Union_%E2%80%93_Patriotic_Front", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 7283, "name_short": "URP", "name": "United Rhodesia Party", "name_english": "United Party", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1933, "year_last": 1957, "share": 55.9, "share_year": 1954, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Rhodesia_Party", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 7275, "name_short": "RGA", "name": "Responsible Government Association", "name_english": "Rhodesia Party", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1917, "year_last": 1934, "share": 47.97, "share_year": 1920, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Responsible_Government_Association", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 7286, "name_short": "DP", "name": "Dominion Party", "name_english": "Dominion Party", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1956, "year_last": "", "share": 45.7, "share_year": 1958, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominion_Party", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 3559, "name_short": "MDC-T", "name": "Movement for Democratic Change – Tsvangirai", "name_english": "Movement for Democratic Change – Tsvangirai", "name_other": "", "year_first": 2005, "year_last": "", "share": 43.2, "share_year": 2008, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movement_for_Democratic_Change_%E2%80%93_Tsvangirai", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 7280, "name_short": "UFP", "name": "United Federal Party", "name_english": "United Party", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1957, "year_last": 1963, "share": 42.4, "share_year": 1958, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Federal_Party", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 3558, "name_short": "MDC", "name": "Movement for Democratic Change", "name_english": "Movement for Democratic Change", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1999, "year_last": 2005, "share": 39.5, "share_year": 2005, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movement_for_Democratic_Change_%28prior_to_2005%29", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 7279, "name_short": "RP", "name": "Reform Party", "name_english": "Reform Party", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1932, "year_last": "", "share": 37.9, "share_year": 1933, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reform_Party_(Southern_Rhodesia)", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 7282, "name_short": "SRLP", "name": "Southern Rhodesian Liberal Party", "name_english": "Southern Rhodesian Liberal Party", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1939, "year_last": 1950, "share": 32.9, "share_year": 1946, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Rhodesia_Liberal_Party", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 7278, "name_short": "PP", "name": "Progressive Party", "name_english": "Progressive Party", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1928, "year_last": "", "share": 28.2, "share_year": 1928, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1928_Southern_Rhodesian_general_election", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 7285, "name_short": "CP", "name": "Confederate Party", "name_english": "Confederate Party", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1953, "year_last": "", "share": 22.3, "share_year": 1954, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederate_Party", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 5344, "name_short": "ZAPU", "name": "Zimbabwe African People's Union", "name_english": "Zimbabwe African People's Union", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1961, "year_last": 1987, "share": 19.3, "share_year": 1985, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zimbabwe_African_People%27s_Union", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 6239, "name_short": "ZUM", "name": "Zimbabwe Unity Movement", "name_english": "Zimbabwe Unity Movement", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1988, "year_last": 1995, "share": 17.6, "share_year": 1990, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zimbabwe_Unity_Movement", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 6617, "name_short": "NPP", "name": "National First Party / National People’s Party", "name_english": "National First Party / National People’s Party", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1965, "year_last": 1965, "share": 13.3, "share_year": 1965, "wikipedia": "", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 7370, "name_short": "REU", "name": "Rhodesia Electoral Union", "name_english": "Rhodesia Electoral Union", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1970, "year_last": "", "share": 12.12, "share_year": 1970, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1970_Rhodesian_general_election", "description": "8 of 66 seats in 1970 Rhodesian general election.", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 5346, "name_short": "CP", "name": "Centre Party", "name_english": "Centre Party", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1968, "year_last": 1977, "share": 11, "share_year": 1970, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centre_Party_(Rhodesia)", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 6440, "name_short": "UNFP", "name": "United National Federal Party", "name_english": "United National Federal Party", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1978, "year_last": 1980, "share": 10.8, "share_year": 1979, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_National_Federal_Party", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 7276, "name_short": "U", "name": "Unionists", "name_english": "Unionists", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1920, "year_last": "", "share": 10.01, "share_year": 1920, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1920_Southern_Rhodesian_Legislative_Council_election", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 7287, "name_short": "RAP", "name": "Rhodesian Action Party", "name_english": "Rhodesian Action Party", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1977, "year_last": "", "share": 9.3, "share_year": 1977, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhodesian_Action_Party", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 7484, "name_short": "ANCI", "name": "African National Council Independents", "name_english": "African National Council Independents", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1974, "year_last": 1974, "share": 9.1, "share_year": 1974, "wikipedia": "", "description": "", "comment": "ParIS", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 7277, "name_short": "RLP", "name": "Rhodesia Labour Party", "name_english": "Rhodesia Labour Party", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1923, "year_last": 1950, "share": 8.54, "share_year": 1920, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhodesia_Labour_Party", "description": "The share is the vote_share of RLP with RGA (7275) as an alliance.", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 6034, "name_short": "UANC", "name": "United African National Council", "name_english": "United African National Congress", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1979, "year_last": 1994, "share": 8.1, "share_year": 1980, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_African_National_Council", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 6615, "name_short": "ZUPO", "name": "Zimbabwe United People's Organization", "name_english": "Zimbabwe United People's Organization", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1976, "year_last": 1980, "share": 6.4, "share_year": 1979, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zimbabwe_United_People%27s_Organisation", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 6032, "name_short": "ZANU-N", "name": "Zimbabwe African National Union-Ndongo", "name_english": "Zimbabwe African National Union-Ndongo", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1975, "year_last": "", "share": 6, "share_year": 1995, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zimbabwe_African_National_Union_%E2%80%93_Ndonga", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 6616, "name_short": "FPZ", "name": "Forum Party of Zimbabwe", "name_english": "Forum Party of Zimbabwe", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1993, "year_last": 1995, "share": 6, "share_year": 1995, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forum_Party", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 7281, "name_short": "SRLP", "name": "Southern Rhodesian Labour Party", "name_english": "Southern Rhodesian Labour Party", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1923, "year_last": 1950, "share": 5.6, "share_year": 1946, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhodesia_Labour_Party", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 3560, "name_short": "MDC-N", "name": "Movement for Democratic Change – Ncube", "name_english": "Movement for Democratic Change – Ncube", "name_other": "", "year_first": 2005, "year_last": "", "share": 2.7, "share_year": 2013, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movement_for_Democratic_Change_%E2%80%93_Ncube", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 7986, "name_short": "PDP", "name": "People's Democratic Party", "name_english": "People's Democratic Party", "name_other": "", "year_first": 2015, "year_last": "", "share": "", "share_year": "", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Democratic_Party_(Zimbabwe)", "description": "part in alliance \"Movement for Democratic Change Alliance\" 2018", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 7989, "name_short": "MRD", "name": "Multi-Racial Democrats", "name_english": "Multi-Racial Democrats", "name_other": "", "year_first": 2018, "year_last": 2018, "share": "", "share_year": "", "wikipedia": "", "description": "part of alliance \"Movement for Democratic Change Alliance\" 2018", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 7987, "name_short": "TW", "name": "Transform Zimbabwe", "name_english": "Transform Zimbabwe", "name_other": "", "year_first": 2018, "year_last": 2018, "share": "", "share_year": "", "wikipedia": "", "description": "part in alliance \"Movement for Democratic Change Alliance\" 2018", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 7988, "name_short": "ZPF", "name": "Zimbabwe People First", "name_english": "Zimbabwe People First", "name_other": "", "year_first": 2018, "year_last": 2018, "share": "", "share_year": "", "wikipedia": "", "description": "part of alliance \"Movement for Democratic Change Alliance\" 2018", "comment": "", "technical": "" } ], "meta": { "title": "Zimbabwe — Political Parties - Free Download", "description": "Political parties of Zimbabwe 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 32 records. Download in Excel, CSV, PDF formats.", "seo_title": "Zimbabwe — Political Parties | ListBase", "seo_description": "Download Zimbabwe — Political Parties dataset with 32 records. Available in Excel, CSV, PDF formats.", "key_takeaways": [ "Contains 32 records with 13 fields", "Available for free download in Excel, CSV, and PDF formats", "Data sourced from https://github.com/hdigital/partyfactsdata" ] } }