New Heritage Party
New Heritage Party | |
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| Abbreviation | NHP |
| Leader | Chishala Kateka |
| Founder | Godfrey Miyanda |
| Founded | 2001, 2020 |
| Headquarters | Lusaka |
| Ideology | Zambian nationalism National conservatism Economic nationalism Communitarianism Liberalism |
| Political position | Right-wing |
| Slogan | Our Land, Our Prosperity |
| Website | |
| newheritageparty.org | |
The New Heritage Party is a political party in Zambia. Founded in 2001 as the Heritage Party it was shut down after the 2011 elections, but was revived by Chishala Kateka in 2020 as the New Heritage Party.
History
[edit]The party was formed in 2001 by Godfrey Miyanda after he left the Movement for Multi-Party Democracy over President Frederick Chiluba's plans to run for a third term in office.[1] In the December 2001 general elections Miyanda stood as the party's presidential candidate, finishing fifth in a field of eleven candidates with 8% of the vote. The party also received 8% of the vote in the National Assembly elections, winning four seats.[2]
In the 2006 elections Miyanda was the party's presidential candidate again, but saw his vote share fall to 1.6%; in the National Assembly elections the party's vote share was reduced to 1.3% and it lost all four seats. Miyanda stood for president again in 2008, but received less than 0.8% of the vote, finishing last amongst the four candidates.
The 2011 general elections saw Miyanda's share of the presidential vote reduced to 0.2%, whilst the party received just 485 votes in the National Assembly elections (0.02%). Miyanda ran for a fifth time in the 2015 presidential elections, finishing eighth in a field of eleven candidates with 0.3% of the vote.
In 2020, Chishala Kateka, founding member and chairperson of the finance committee for the original Heritage Party, revived the party as the New Heritage Party in her bid for the presidency.[3] She said that the new party had gone beyond the old Heritage manifesto, and had their own.[3]
Electoral history
[edit]Presidential elections
[edit]| Election | Party candidate | Votes | % | Result |
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| 2001 | Godfrey Miyanda | 140,678 | 8.09% | Lost 
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| 2006 | 42,891 | 1.57% | Lost
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| 2008 | 13,683 | 0.76% | Lost
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| 2011 | 4,730 | 0.17% | Lost
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| 2015 | 5,757 | 0.34% | Lost
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| 2016 | Did not take part | |||
| 2021 | Chishala Kateka | 8,169 | 0.17% | Lost
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National Assembly elections
[edit]| Election | Party leader | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Outcome |
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| 2001 | Godfrey Miyanda | 132,311 | 7.55% | 4 / 159
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Opposition |
| 2006 | 34,872 | 1.29% | 0 / 159
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Extra-parliamentary | |
| 2011 | 485 | 0.02% | 0 / 159
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Extra-parliamentary | |
| 2016 | Did not take part | |||||
| 2021 | Chishala Kateka | 1,762 | 0.04% | 0 / 167
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Extra-parliamentary |
References
[edit]- ^ Lansford, Tom, ed. (2014). Political handbook of the world 2014. Thousand Oaks, Calif.: CQ Press. p. 1617. ISBN 978-1483333281.
- ^ Zambia: 2001 National Assembly election results EISA
- ^ a b "Chishala Kateka". 6 December 2020. Archived from the original on 6 December 2020.
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