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TheZambia Republican Party is apolitical party inZambia.
The ZRP was formed in February 2001 as a merger of theZambia Alliance for Progress (ZAP), the Republican Party and the National Republican Party; however, the ZAP later withdrew from the merger.[1] In theDecember 2001 general elections it nominatedBenjamin Mwila as its presidential candidate; Mwila finishing sixth in a field of eleven candidates with 5% of the vote. In theNational Assembly elections the party received 6% of the vote, winning a single seat.
In June 2006 a faction of the party left to join theMovement for Multi-Party Democracy.[1] In the build-up to theSeptember 2006 general elections the ZRP joined theNational Democratic Focus alliance. The NDF did not nominate a presidential candidate, but won a single seat in the National Assembly elections, taken by Mwila.
Prior to the2011 general elections Mwila left to join the MMD.
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