Socialist_Party_(Zambia)

Socialist Party (Zambia)

Socialist Party (Zambia)

Political party in Zambia

The Socialist Party is an opposition party in Zambia. It describes itself as socialist and Marxist–Leninist.[1]

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The party was launched in March 2018 in a split from Rainbow Party, another Zambian socialist party.[2]

It was founded by the journalist and businessman Fred M'membe, who was the party's candidate for president in the 2021 Zambian general election.[2][3]

While the formerly ruling Patriotic Front describes itself as socialist, in its current form it is generally seen as center-left.[2][4] The Socialist Party's 2021 election manifesto promised a focus on universal education and health care, as well as cooperative farming.[3]

Electoral history

Presidential elections

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National Assembly elections

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References

  1. [1]
    "About". Socialist Party. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  2. [2]
    Hamusute, Keith (25 April 2018). "Another socialist party in Zambia". Africa Is a Country. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
  3. [3]
    Kulkarni, Pavan (18 June 2020). "Socialist Party's manifesto promises revolutionary change in Zambia". Peoples Dispatch. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
  4. [4]
    Friedman, Rafael (23 May 2017). "Authoritarianism in Zambia". Helen Suzman Foundation. Retrieved 16 February 2021.


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