The National Democratic Focus (NDF) was a political alliance in Zambia.
History The alliance was formed in 2006 as the National Democratic Front, and was initially planned to consist of the Party for Unity, Democracy and Development (PUDD), the Patriotic Front (PF), the Reform Party (RP), the Zambia Development Conference (ZADECO) and the Zambia Republican Party (ZRP).BY rejoins MMD Week 32, Volume 2, Issue 31, 12 August 2011 After the PF pulled out prior to the final agreement being signed, the alliance was renamed "National Democratic Focus" and had five members, the All People's Congress Party (ACP), the PUDD, the RP, ZADECO and the ZRP.Zambia: 2006 National Assembly elections results EISA Only the ZRP had MPs, having won a single seat in the 2001 elections.
However, the new alliance quickly began to disintegrate; the Reform Party left the coalition in June, a move that NDF president Benjamin Mwila described as an "act of treachery".Zambia: Slams Mumba's Move AllAfrica, 18 June 2006 The PUDD pulled out after it was decided that the NDF would not nominate a presidential candidate for the 2006 elections, and the APC withdrew after a dispute between Mwila and Nevers Mumba.Arthur Banks, Thomas C Muller, William R Overstreet & Judith F Isacoff (2009) Political Handbook of the World 2009, CQ Press, p1517
In the National Assembly elections the NDF received 1% of the vote and won a single seat, taken by Mwila, who was elected in Nchelenge.Zambia: Obituary - a Tribute to By Mwila AllAfrica, 22 August 2013
Mwila left the NDF in 2011 and switched his affiliation to the Movement for Multi-Party Democracy (MMD). The NDF did not contest the 2011 general elections.
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