The Movement for Democratic Change Alliance is an electoral coalition of seven political parties formed to contest Zimbabwe's 2018 general election. After the 2018 election, a dispute arose over the use of the name MDC Alliance leading the MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa to found the Citizens Coalition for Change.

History

Three of the member parties were splinters from the original Movement for Democratic Change and each other. The bloc was formed to contest the 2018 election. The MDC Alliance was led by Nelson Chamisa who replaced

Morgan Tsvangirai Morgan Richard Tsvangirai (; ; 10 March 1952 – 14 February 2018) was a Zimbabwean politician who was Prime Minister of Zimbabwe from 2009 to 2013. He was president of the Movement for Democratic Change, and later the Movement for Democrati ...

as President of the MDC-T after Tsvangirai died on the 14 February 2018 after a long fight against colon cancer. On 30 July 2018, the alliance went head to head with the Emmerson Mnangagwa-led ZANU–PF in Zimbabwe's historic elections. The alliance was narrowly edged by ZANU–PF in the presidential election, with Mnangagwa receiving 50.8% of the vote to MDC Alliance's Nelson Chamisa's 44.3%. The election results have received international attention as possible fraud. After the election, the three member parties who were splinters of the original MDC (MDC-T, MDC-N and PDP) reunited to form a single political party under the name MDC-Alliance. Nelson Chamisa was elected president of the party at the MDC Congress held in May 2019. On 28 May 2020, the court ruled that MDC-A was a legal party. In September 2021, Douglas Mwonzora, the leader of a splinter faction of the MDC-T, announced that the MDC-T would use the name MDC Alliance in forthcoming by-elections. In January 2022, Chamisa founded Citizens Coalition For Change. He is backed by

Welshman Ncube Welshman Ncube (born 7 July 1961) is a Zimbabwean lawyer, businessman and politician. He is the founding MDC leader and former President of Zimbabwean political party Movement for Democratic Change – Ncube. He currently serves within the Ci ...

and

Tendai Biti Tendai Laxton Biti (born 6 August 1966) is a Zimbabwean politician who served as List of Finance Ministers of Zimbabwe, Finance Minister of Zimbabwe from 2009 to 2013. He is the second Vice President of Movement for Democratic Change (prior to ...

Member parties

* Movement for Democratic Change – Tsvangirai (MDC-T) *Transform Zimbabwe, led by Jacob Ngarivhume *Zimbabwe People First, led by Agrippa Mutambara * Zimbabwe African National Union – Ndonga *Multi-Racial Democrats * Movement for Democratic Change – Ncube, led by

(until 2022) * People's Democratic Party, led by

(until 2022)

Electoral history

Presidential elections

House of Assembly elections

Senate elections

References

2017 establishments in Zimbabwe

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