Zimbabwe: Parties inactive in 2005
Updated March 2008
Zimbabwe has no law requiring registration by political parties. Thus it is difficult to determine whether a party, which does not compete in elections, actually exists in any formal or functional way. Some of the parties listed below may be defunct.
The political parties listed below participated in the 2000 but not the 2005 House of Assembly elections. None of these parties attained more than 1% of the vote in 2000; the best performance was achieved by the United Parties which received 0.73% of the vote. None won seats in the House of Assembly.
Parties are ordered first by date of founding and then alphabetically.
| Party | Leaders | Founded |
|---|---|---|
| National Democratic Union (NDU) | Henry Chihota Sometimes Chiota |
1979 |
| Democratic Party | Wurayayi Zembe Davidson Gomo Emmanuel Magoche (retired 1993) |
1991 |
| National Progressive Alliance | Canciwell Nziramasanga | 1991 |
| Front for Popular Democracy | Prof Austin Chakaodza | 1994 |
| United Parties (UP) | Abel Muzorewa | Sep 1994 |
| African National Party (ANP) | Egypt Dzinemunenzva | 1995 |
| Zimbabwe Integrated Party (ZIP) | Prof Henri Dzinotyiweyi | 1996 |
| Zimbabwe Union of Democrats (ZUD) | Margaret Dongo | Dec 1998 |
| Liberty Party of Zimbabwe | Canaan Moyo | Before 2000 |
| Liberty Party (same as above?) | 2000? | |
| Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU) | Agrippa Madlela | 2000 |
| Multi-Racial Open Party - Christian Democracy (MOP-CD) |
Sources
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NDORO, C 2005, EISA Election Update 2005 Zimbabwe [PDF document], 2, 31 March, 6.
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SADC ECF 2000, "Zimbabwe Elections Observer Report", EISA, 37.
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