Parliamentary elections in Zambia 2011

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The parliamentary elections in Zambia 2011 took place on September 20, 2011 in the South African state of Zambia at the same time as the presidential elections. For the first time since its founding in 2001, the Patriotic Front won the most votes of all parties, a few percentage points ahead of the Movement for Multi-Party Democracy (MMD), which had always been the strongest force in parliament and the president since the democratization of Zambia in 1991. The result of the parliamentary elections thus reflected the result of the presidential election, in which Michael Sata , the candidate of the Patriotic Front, also received the most votes.

Results

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60 55 28 3 1 1 2 
A total of 150 seats
  • PF : 60
  • MMPD : 55
  • UPND : Jan.
  • Independent: 3
  • ADD : 1
  • FDD : 1
  • Vacant : 2
Political party be right % +/- Seats +/-
Patriotic Front (PF) 1,028,793 38.25 60 +17
Movement for Multi-Party Democracy (MMPD) 902 619 33.56 55 −20
United Party for National Development (UPND) 456 873 16.99 28 +2
Independent 208 294 7.74 3 ± 0
Alliance for Democracy and Development (ADD) 31 638 1.18 1 New
Forum for Democracy and Development (FDD) 20 243 0.75 1 New
United National Independence Party 18 444 0.69 - -
National Movement for Progress 11 828 0.44 - -
National Restoration Party 4 688 0.17 - -
Zambians for Empowerment and Development 3 059 0.11 - -
New generation party 657 0.02 - -
National Revolution Party 505 0.02 - -
Heritage 485 0.02 - -
Unified Party for Democracy and Development 442 0.02 - -
National Party 193 0.01 - -
Zambia Direct Democracy Movement 177 0.01 - -
Zambian Conservative Party 168 0.01 - -
All People's Congress Party 139 0.01 - -
Citizens Democratic Party 137 0.01 - -
United Liberal Party 131 0.00 - -
Federal Democratic Party 27 0.00 - -
vacant 2 -
total 2,689,540 100.00 150
Source: Electoral Commission of Zambia (votes) (PDF; 380 kB), Electoral Commission of Zambia (seats) (PDF; 58 kB)

By-elections must be held in the Magoye ( Southern Province ) and Nakonde ( Northern Province ) constituencies .

Democratic standards

The EU observers of the European Union Election Observation Mission (EU EOM) described the election as "generally carried out in a transparent and credible manner", but complained about the unequal access to different resources of the individual candidates, which is an advantage of the previous ruling party and its candidate was meant by the partial possibility of using state resources.

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  1. ↑ http://www.elections.org.zm/media/listofelectedmps.pdf
  2. ↑ http://www.eueom.eu/files/pressreleases/english/eueom_zambia_2011_preliminary_statement_en.pdf , PDF, accessed on September 24, 2011.

Web links

taz -Article Vuvuzelas for Change in Zambia, September 24, 2011 Page of the Zambian Electoral Commission