Wonani kulemba kwambula kuona kwa Chipani cha Patriotic Front (Zambia)

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{{Infobox political party
| name = Patriotic Front
| colorcode = {{party color|Patriotic Front (Zambia)}}
| logo = Logo of the Patriotic Front (Zambia).svg
| split = [[Movement for Multi-Party Democracy|MMD]]
| president = [[Edgar Lungu]]
| founder = [[Michael Sata]]
| secretary_general = Davies Mwila
| foundation = {{start date|2001}}
| ideology = [[Social democracy]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Zambia|url=http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Zambia.html|access-date=26 February 2021|website=www.worldstatesmen.org}}</ref><ref name=ae></ref><br>[[Social conservatism]]<ref name=ae>{{Cite web|title=Zambia - Africa Elects|url=https://africaelects.com/zambia/|access-date=2022-08-14|website=africaelects.com}}</ref>
| position = [[Centre-left]]<ref name=ae></ref>
| international = [[Socialist International]] (consultative)<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20131216005724/https://www.socialistinternational.org/images/dynamicImages/files/Council%20decisions-1.pdf Decisions	of	the	Council</ref>
| colours = {{color box|#211F20|border=darkgray}} [[Black]]<br>{{color box|{{party color|Patriotic Front (Zambia)}}|border=darkgray}} [[Blue]]<br>{{color box|#037503|border=darkgray}} [[Green]]<br>{{color box|FFFFFF|border=darkgray}} [[White]]
| headquarters = Farmer House, Cairo Road, [[Lusaka]]
| seats1_title = [[National Assembly (Zambia)|National Assembly]]
| seats1 = {{Composition bar|60|156|hex={{party color|Patriotic Front (Zambia)}}}}
| seats2_title = [[Pan African Parliament]]
| seats2 = {{Composition bar|2|5|hex={{party color|Patriotic Front (Zambia)}}}}
| slogan = "For Lower Taxes, More Jobs and More Money in Your Pockets"
| symbol = Boat
| website = [https://www.facebook.com/patrioticfrontzambia/ Facebook page]
| country = Zambia
}}
{{Politics of Zambia}}

'''Chipani cha Patriotic Front''' (PF) ni chipani cha social democratic mu [[Zambia]]. Chipani ichi chikapangika na [[Michael Sata]] nga ni chipani cha [[Chipani cha Movement for Multi-Party Democracy|Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD)]] mu 2001 pamanyuma pakuti President Frederick Chiluba wasankha Levy Mwanawasa kuti waŵe mulongozgi wa boma pa chisankho cha 2001. Gulu la chipani ichi likuwovwirika chomene na ŵawukirano na ŵanthu ŵakavu mu matawuni (nangauli wovwiri uwu ukasintha mu 2021), kweniso ŵanthu ŵa ku [[ChiBemba|Bemba]] mu chigaŵa cha [[Copperbelt]], [[Luapula]], na [[Lusaka]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sinyangwe|first=Chiwoyu|date=2021-07-13|title=Zambia: Young, urban and disgruntled PF supporters, can Lungu woo them back?|url=https://www.theafricareport.com/107675/zambia-young-urban-and-disgruntled-pf-supporters-can-lungu-woo-them-back/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-17|website=The Africa Report|language=en-US}}</ref>

Pamasind pa vyaka vingapo, PF ikasanga nkhongono mu visankho vyamu 2011, ndikulamulira mpaka zisankho za 2021.

==Kupangika==
Chipani cha Patriotic Front chikapangika mu 2001. Mu 2000, Chiluba wakati watondeka kusintha malango gha boma kuti waŵepo pa manda ghachitatu, Michael Sata wakaghanaghana kuti wazamukhozgeka nga ni mulongozgi wa MMD. Zgoro likapelekeka mu 2001 apo Chiluba wakawona kuti palije yumoza wa awo ŵakaŵa mu boma lake pa nyengo yira uyo wakaŵa wakwenelera kutonda. Pa mavoti ghachisisi, Chiluba wakasankha Mwanawasa na kumuvotera kuti waŵe pulezidenti.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304025843/http://www.africafiles.org/printableversion.asp?id=17065 Presidential term limits in Africa by Daniel Vencovsky] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304025843/http://www.africafiles.org/printableversion.asp?id=17065 |date=4 March 2016 }} AfricaFiles</ref>Pakukwiya na ivyo vikacitika, Sata wakaleka MMD na kupanga PF.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Shingi|date=27 September 2008|title=Who will be Zambia's next president?|url=https://www.sardc.net/en/southern-african-news-features/who-will-be-zambias-next-president/|access-date=26 February 2021|website=Knowledge for Development|language=en-US}}</ref> Pa nyengo yeneyiyo, ŵanthu ŵakumanyikwa nga ni Christon Tembo, Godfrey Miyanda na Edith Nawakwi ŵakapanga Forum for Democracy and Development (FDD). Chiphikiro. Sata wakazgoka mulongozgi wa PF ndipo wakaŵa mulongozgi wa chalo pa mavoti gha 2001; wakapokera mavoti 3.4% ndipo wakafika pa malo gha 7 pa mavoti 11. Mu mavoti gha National Assembly chipani ichi chikapokera mavoti 2.8%, ndipo chikapokera mpando umoza.

Sata wakazgokaso mulongozgi wa chipani ichi pa mavoti gha 2006 ndipo pa nyengo iyi wakakhala wachiŵiri kwa Levy Patrick Mwanawasa na mavoti 29%. Chipani ichi chikapokera vithuzi 43 ndipo chikaŵa chipani chikuru chomene pa chipani cha opposition. Pambuyo pa imfa ya Mwanawasa, chisankho cha pulezidenti chinachitika mu 2008. Sata wakakhala wachiŵiri kwa munthu wa MMD Rupiah Banda na 38% ya mavoti kwa Banda 40%.

Pa mavoti gha 2011 pakaŵa kusintha kwa ivyo vikachitika mu 2008, apo Sata wakathereska Banda pa chiŵerengero cha 42% na 35%. PF nayo yikaŵa chipani chikuru chomene mu National Assembly, ndipo yikapokera vithuzithuzi 60 pa vithuzithuzi 150. Ndipouli, Sata wakafwa mu Okutobala 2014. Mubali Guy Scott ndiyo wakaŵa mulongozgi wa nyengo yichoko m'paka pa nyengo ya mavoti mu Janyuwale 2015. Edgar Lungu wakasankhika kuŵa mulongozgi wa chipani ichi, ndipo wakathereska mavoti 48%.

Mu 2016 Edgar Lungu wakathereskaso pa udindo wa purezidenti na 50.35%, wakathereska Hakainde Hichilema, uyo sono ni purezidenti wa Zambia na mavoti 100,530 panji 2.72%.

Mu nyengo yakulindilira mavoti gha 2021, Amnesty International yikadandawura chomene chifukwa cha kuswa wanangwa wa ŵanthu, kukanizga ŵanthu awo ŵakususkana na ivyo boma likuchita.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Zambia: Killings and brutal crackdown against dissent set the tone for August election|url=https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2021/06/zambia-killings-and-brutal-crackdown-against-dissent-set-the-tone-for-august-election/|access-date=2 July 2021|website=www.amnesty.org|language=en}}</ref>

== Mbili ya visankho ==

=== Chisankho cha Pulezidenti ===
{| class=wikitable style=text-align:center
!'''Election'''
!Party candidate
!'''Votes'''
!'''%'''
!Result
|-
|[[Zambian general election, 2001|2001]]
| rowspan="4" |[[Michael Sata]]
|59,172
|3.40%
|'''Lost''' {{N}}
|-
|[[Zambian general election, 2006|2006]]
|804,748
|29.37%
|'''Lost''' {{N}}
|-
|[[Zambian presidential election, 2008|2008]]
|683,150
|38.13%
|'''Lost''' {{N}}
|-
|[[Zambian general election, 2011|2011]]
|1,170,966
|41.98%
|'''Elected''' {{Y}}
|-
|[[Zambian presidential election, 2015|2015]]
| rowspan="3" |[[Edgar Lungu]]
|807,925
|48.33%
|'''Elected''' {{Y}}
|-
|[[Zambian general election, 2016|2016]]
|1,860,877
|50.35%
|'''Elected''' {{Y}}
|-
|[[2021 Zambian general election|2021]]
|1,870,780
|38.71%
|'''Lost''' {{N}}
|}

=== Visankho vya mphala ya Malango ===
{| class=wikitable style=text-align:center
!'''Election'''
!'''Votes'''
!'''%'''
!'''Seats'''
!+/–
!'''Position'''
!'''Outcome'''
|-
|[[Zambian general election, 2001|2001]]
|49,362
|2.82%
|{{Composition bar|1|159|hex=#3063AE}}
|{{increase}} 1
|{{increase}} 7th
|{{no2|Opposition}}
|-
|[[Zambian general election, 2006|2006]]
|622,864
|22.96%
|{{Composition bar|43|159|hex=#3063AE}}
|{{increase}} 42
|{{increase}} 2nd
|{{no2|Opposition}}
|-
|[[Zambian general election, 2011|2011]]
|1,037,108
|38.42%
|{{Composition bar|60|159|hex=#3063AE}}
|{{increase}} 17
|{{increase}} 1st
|style="background-color:#CCCCFF" |Minority government
|-
|[[Zambian general election, 2016|2016]]
|1,537,946
|42.01%
|{{Composition bar|80|156|hex=#3063AE}}
|{{increase}} 20
|{{steady}} 1st
|{{yes2|Majority government}}
|-
|[[Zambian general election, 2021|2021]]
|1,722,718
|35.70%
|{{Composition bar|60|156|hex=#3063AE}}
|{{decrease}} 20
|{{decrease}} 2nd
|{{no2|Opposition}}
|}

== Ukaboni ==
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== Vigaŵa vya kuwalo ==
*[https://www.facebook.com/Patriotic-Front-PF-1432174160350726/ Facebook page of the Patriotic Front (PF)]

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