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
