Election information
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Public election records
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17 published records
General Election
Zambia’s 2026 General Election was held on 13 August 2026. Published winner records are sourced from an approved election-results workbook.
Elected President
Hakainde Hichilema
United Party for National Development (UPND)
General Election
A multiparty general election resulting in a change of government. The ECZ reform report records Hakainde Hichilema receiving 2,852,348 votes, 59...
President elected
Hakainde Hichilema
United Party for National Development (UPND)
General Election
The first general election after the 2016 constitutional amendments introduced the 50-percent-plus-one presidential threshold and a running mate....
President elected
Edgar Lungu
Patriotic Front (PF)
Presidential Election
A presidential election held following the death of President Michael Sata. Edgar Lungu was subsequently sworn in as Zambia’s sixth Republican Pr...
President elected
Edgar Lungu
Patriotic Front (PF)
General Election
A multiparty general election. Parliament records PF winning 62 National Assembly seats, MMD 54, and UPND 29. Michael Sata was elected Zambia’s f...
President elected
Michael Sata
Patriotic Front (PF)
Presidential Election
A presidential election held following the death of President Levy Mwanawasa. Rupiah Banda was subsequently sworn in as Zambia’s fourth Republica...
President elected
Rupiah Banda
Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD)
General Election
Tripartite presidential, parliamentary and local-government elections. Parliament records MMD winning 74 National Assembly seats, PF 44, and the...
President re-elected
Levy Mwanawasa
Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD)
General Election
A multiparty general election. Parliament records MMD winning 69 National Assembly seats, UPND 49, and UNIP 13, with the remaining seats shared a...
President elected
Levy Mwanawasa
Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD)
General Election
A multiparty presidential and parliamentary general election. Parliament records MMD winning 131 of 150 elective National Assembly seats, while E...
President re-elected
Frederick Chiluba
Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD)
General Election
The election marked Zambia’s return to multiparty democracy. MMD won 125 of 150 National Assembly seats and UNIP won 25. Frederick Chiluba succee...
President elected
Frederick Chiluba
Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD)
General Election
The final general election listed by ECZ under the Second Republic one-party system before Zambia returned to multiparty politics. The exact poll...
Presidency continued under
Kenneth Kaunda
United National Independence Party (UNIP)
General Election
A general election held under Zambia’s Second Republic one-party political system. The ECZ Electoral Reform Technical Committee report confirms t...
Presidency continued under
Kenneth Kaunda
United National Independence Party (UNIP)
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