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Socialist Party (Zambia)

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Socialist Party
AbbreviationSP
LeaderFred M'membe
FoundedMarch 2018 (2018-03)
Split fromRainbow Party
Ideology
Political positionLeft-wing to far-left
International affiliationInternational Peoples' Assembly
Colours  Red
SloganJustice Equity Peace
National Assembly
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Website
socialistpartyzambia.com

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

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

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Presidential elections

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Election Party candidate Votes % Result
2021 Fred M'membe 16,644 0.34% Lost Red XN

National Assembly elections

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Election Votes % Seats +/– Position Outcome
2021 61,325 1.27%
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Steady Increase 3rd Extra-parliamentary

References

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