United Democratic Alliance (Zambia)

United Democratic Alliance
Leader	Hakainde Hichilema
Founded	1 March 2006
Dissolved	2008
Headquarters	Lusaka
Ideology	Liberalism Progressivism Social liberalism
Political position	Centre
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The United Democratic Alliance (UDA) was a political alliance in Zambia formed to contest the 2006 general elections.

History

The UDA was formed on 1 March 2006 by the United Party for National Development (UPND), the United National Independence Party (UNIP) and the Forum for Democracy and Development,[1] which between them had won 74 of the 150 elected seats in the National Assembly in the 2001 elections. Anderson Mazoka, who had finished as runner-up in the presidential elections, was the alliance's leader until his death in May 2006. He was succeeded by Hakainde Hichilema,[2] also of the UPND.

In the 2006 elections Hichilema finished third out of the five presidential candidates with 25% of the vote. In the National Assembly elections the alliance received 23% of the vote, winning 26 seats.

The three parties contested the 2011 elections separately.

Election results

President

Election	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
2006	Hakainde Hichilema	693,772	25.32%	Lost N

National Assembly

Election	Leader	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Position	Government
2006	Hakainde Hichilema	610,608	22.51%	26 / 159	48	3rd	Opposition

References

1. Zambia: 2006 Presidential elections results Archived December 22, 2015, at the Wayback Machine EISA
2. Elections held in 2006 Archived December 22, 2015, at the Wayback Machine IPU