New Heritage Party
# New Heritage Party

The New Heritage Party, former Heritage Party, is a political party in Zambia.

## History

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. 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.

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.

## Electoral history

### Presidential elections

| Election | Party candidate | Votes | % | Result |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 2001 | Godfrey Miyanda | 140,678 | 8.09% | Lost N |
| 2006 | Godfrey Miyanda | 42,891 | 1.57% | Lost N |
| 2008 | Godfrey Miyanda | 13,683 | 0.76% | Lost N |
| 2011 | Godfrey Miyanda | 4,730 | 0.17% | Lost N |
| 2015 | Godfrey Miyanda | 5,757 | 0.34% | Lost N |
| 2016 | Did not take part | Did not take part | Did not take part | Did not take part |
| 2021 | Chishala Kateka | 8,169 | 0.17% | Lost N |

### National Assembly elections

| Election | Party leader | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Outcome |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2001 | Godfrey Miyanda | 132,311 | 7.55% | 4 / 159 | 4 | Opposition |
| 2006 | Godfrey Miyanda | 34,872 | 1.29% | 0 / 159 | 4 | Extra-parliamentary |
| 2011 | Godfrey Miyanda | 485 | 0.02% | 0 / 159 | | Extra-parliamentary |
| 2016 | Did not take part | Did not take part | Did not take part | Did not take part | Did not take part | Did not take part |
| 2021 | Chishala Kateka | 1,762 | 0.04% | 0 / 167 | | Extra-parliamentary |
