Factsheet – Zimbabwe political parties rise above 100
More than 100 political parties are now listed by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) under regulations requiring registration of organisations that might want to contest national and local government elections.
Zimbabwe is due to hold its next presidential, parliamentary and local council elections by August 2023.ZimFact’s other factsheets on Zimbabwe political parties are on https://zimfact.org/factsheet-registered-political-parties/
This list of organisations registered with ZEC does not provide names of the party leaders.
| Name of Political Party | Abbreviation | Names of Leaders Not Provided |
| African Democratic Party | ADP | |
| African People’s Congress | APC | |
| Chief’s Party | CP | |
| Congress for True Democracy | CTD | |
| Diplomatic Intelligence Movement | DIM | |
| Equal Opportunity Development Party | EODP | |
| Economic Reconstruction Party | ERP | |
| Liberation Democrats | LD | |
| Alliance Khumbule’ Ekhaya | AKE | |
| Alliance for National Salvation | ANSA | |
| Busier Busier | BB | |
| Democratic Assembly for Restoration and Empowerment | DARE | |
| Democratic Alliance – United People’s Party | DA-UPP | |
| Democratic Alliance Zimbabwe | DAZ | |
| Democratic Party of Zimbabwe | DPZ | |
| Democratic Revolution Kommand | DRK | |
| Democratic Restoration Party | DRP | |
| Economic National Democratic Party | ENDP | |
| Economic Reform Assembly | ERA | |
| Federal Democrats of Zimbabwe | FDZ | |
| Freedom Front | FF | |
| Freedom Justice Coalition Zimbabwe | FJCZ | |
| Freezim Congress | FZC | |
| Generation 40 | G40 | |
| Gungaisizwe Nationalistic Social Democrats | GNSD | |
| Zimbabwe People’s Party: Good People’s Movement | GPM:ZPP | |
| Justice and Development Party | JDP | |
| Kambizi Party | KP | |
| Liberation Party | LP | |
| Long Walk to Freedom | LWTF | |
| MAAT-Zimbabwe | ||
| Movement Amalgamating Youths to Advance Zimbabwe | MAYAZ | |
| Mavambo Kusile Dawn | MKD | |
| Multi People’s Democratic Party of Zimbabwe | MPDPZ | |
| Mthwakazi National Party | MNP | |
| National Democratic Congress | NDC | |
| National Action Party | NAP | |
| National Alliance of Patriotic and Democratic Republicans | NAPDR | |
| National Empowerment Progressive Front Party | NEPFP | |
| New Page | NPF | |
| New Patriotic Front | NPF | |
| National Party for Justice and Economics | NPJE | |
| National People’s Party | NPP | |
| National Unity Party | NUP | |
| New Zimbabwe Democratic Party | NZDP | |
| New Zimbabwe Republican Party | NZRP | |
| Progressive Alliance of Christian Democrats | PACD | |
| People’s Democratic Union | PDU | |
| Progressive Democrats of Zimbabwe | PDZ | |
| Progressive and Innovative Movement of Zimbabwe | PIMZ | |
| People’s Progressive Party Zimbabwe | PPPZ | |
| Righteous African Congratulation Party | RAC | |
| Rainbow Democratic Party | RDP | |
| Real Progressive Democrats of Zimbabwe | RPDZ | |
| Rise-up Zimbabwe Freedom Party | RZFP | |
| Rebuilding Zimbabwe Party | RZP | |
| Salvation Political Party Zimbabwe | SAPAZIM-SPZ | |
| Sustainable Development Party | SDP | |
| Suffering Voices of Zimbabwe | SUVOZ | |
| The African Democrats | TAD | |
| Total Independence of Zimbabwe | TIZ | |
| Thy Kingdom Come | TKC | |
| United Christian Alliance | UCA | |
| United Crusade for Achieving Democracy | UCAD | |
| United Crusade for Achieving Democracy Green Party of Zimbabwe | UCADGPZ | |
| United Development Party | UDP | |
| United Movement for Democracy | UMD | |
| United Movement for Devolution | UMD | |
| United People’s Party | UPP | |
| United Party Zimbabwe | UPZ | |
| United Residents Front of Zimbabwe | URFZ | |
| Union of Socialist States of the African Continent | USSAC | |
| Voices in the Vision of Africa | VIVA | |
| Voice of the People | VOP | |
| Vanhu Party | VP | |
| Word of Yahweh Expression | WOYE | |
| Zimbabwe National African Union Ndonga | ZANU-NDONGA | |
| Zimbabwe Communists Party | ZCP | |
| Zimbabwe Citizen Party Forum | ZCPF | |
| Zimbabwe Democratic Change | ZDC | |
| Zimbabwe Development Party | ZDP | |
| Zimbabwe Democratic and Patriotic Party | ZDPP | |
| Zimbabwe Economic Freedom Fighters | ZEFF | |
| Zimbabwe Economic Freedom Party | ZEFP | |
| Zimbabwe in Alliance | ZIA | |
| Zimbabwe First Party | Zimfirst | |
| Zimbabwe Independent Democrats | ZIM-ID | |
| Zimbabwe National Congress | ZINACO | |
| Zimbabwe Transitional Alliance | ZITA | |
| Zimbabwe Industrial & Technological Revolutionary Party | ZITER | |
| Zimbabwe Youth in Alliance | ZIYA | |
| Zimbabwe Liberation Democrats | ZLD | |
| Zimbabwe Labour Party | ZLP | |
| Zimbabwe National Redemption Congress | ZNRC | |
| Zimbabwe Organized Open Political Party | ZOOPP | |
| Zimbabwe People’s Front | ZPF | |
| Zimbabwe Provincial Federal Unity | ZPFU | |
| Zimbabwe Patriotic Movement | ZPM | |
| Zimbabwe People’s Voice | ZPV | |
| Zimbabwe Rainbow Democratic Party | ZRDP | |
| Zimbabwe Revolutionary Democratic Party | ZRDP | |
| Zimbabwe Republican Front | ZRF | |
| Zimbabwe Republican Party | ZRP | |
| Zimbabwe United Democratic Alliance | ZUDA | |
| Zimbabwe Uhuru Movement | ZUM | |
| Zimbabwe United for Democracy | ZUNDE |
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