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General Election
First Republic
1968 General Election
This election constituted Zambia’s Second National Assembly during the First Republic, when multiparty politics remained in place.
Archived
: Election status from the public election record.
Unverified
: This record has not yet been verified.
Election outcome
How the election was won
Government continued under
Kenneth Kaunda
United National Independence Party (UNIP)
About the figures: Complete official national vote totals have not yet been verified for this record. The page shows only facts supported by the linked official publications.
Key facts at a glance
Political era
First Republic multiparty period
Assembly
Second National Assembly
Data limitation
Complete official vote totals are not yet recorded on this page.
What was happening before the election
The National Assembly had been expanded from 80 to 110 members earlier in 1968. Zambia still operated a multiparty political system during the First Republic.
How the election worked
A First Republic multiparty general election that constituted the Second National Assembly. The official parliamentary source confirms the election and assembly transition but does not provide a complete national vote table in the material cited here.
How the outcome was decided
Kenneth Kaunda and UNIP continued in government after the election. Complete national presidential and parliamentary vote totals are not displayed because they have not yet been verified from the cited primary official record.
What happened in Parliament
The election constituted Zambia’s Second National Assembly on 19 December 1968.
Why this election mattered
It was Zambia’s final general election before the constitutional transition to the Second Republic one-party system in 1973.