The New Heritage Party is a political party in Zambia. Founded in 2001 as the Heritage Party, it was shut down after the 2015 presidential by-election, but was revived by Chishala Kateka in 2020 as the New Heritage Party.
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.Zambia: 2001 National Assembly election results EISA
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. She said that the new party had gone beyond the old Heritage manifesto, and had their own. The party participated in the 2021 general election, with Kateka finishing seventh in a field of 16 candidates with 0.16% of the vote.Presidential Results Per Constituency - Electoral Commission of Zambia
In early 2024, the New Heritage Party joined the United Kwacha Alliance, an alliance of political parties. In December 2025, the New Heritage Party joined the We Are One Zambia Alliance (WOZA), an alliance of political parties. On 5 May 2026, WOZA merged into the Tonse Alliance.
Electoral history
Presidential elections ElectionParty candidateVotes%Result2001Godfrey Miyanda140,6788.09%Lost 200642,8911.57%Lost 200813,6830.76%Lost 20114,7300.17%Lost 20155,7570.34%Lost 2016Did not take part2021Chishala Kateka8,1690.17%Lost
National Assembly elections ElectionParty leaderVotes%Seats+/–Outcome2001Godfrey Miyanda132,3117.55% 4200634,8721.29% 420114850.02%2016Did not take part2021Chishala Kateka1,7620.04%
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