Zambian general election, 1996

Zambian general election, 1996
Zambia
18 November 1996

2,267,382 registered voters
Turnout 58.44%
 
Nominee Frederick Chiluba Dean Mungomba
Party MMD ZADECO
Popular vote 913,770 160,439
Percentage 72.59% 12.75%


President before election

Frederick Chiluba
MMD

Elected President

Frederick Chiluba
MMD

General elections were held in Zambia on 18 November 1996 to elect a President and National Assembly. They were boycotted by the main opposition party, the United National Independence Party, together with five other allied parties, following changes to the constitution which they failed to have reversed following a court challenge. The changes required a presidential candidate to be born to two Zambian citizens by birth or descent, and National Assembly candidates to give up their chieftaincy. UNIP believed this was specifically aimed at their longtime leader, Kenneth Kaunda, whose parents were Malawian and had previously served as the country's first president from 1964 to 1991. The changes would have also excluded UNIP's vice president, a chief.[1] Subsequently, the ruling Movement for Multi-Party Democracy won a comfortable victory in both elections, taking 131 of the 150 elected seats in the National Assembly, and its candidate, Frederick Chiluba, winning 73% of the vote in the presidential election.

Out of about 4,500,000 eligible voters, only 2,267,382 million registered. Amongst registered voters, turnout was 58%.[2]

Results

President

Candidate Party Votes %
Frederick ChilubaMovement for Multi-Party Democracy913,77072.59
Dean MungombaZambia Democratic Congress160,43912.75
Humphrey MulembaNational Party83,8756.66
Akashambatwa Mbikusita-LewanikaAgenda for Zambia59,2504.71
Chama ChakombokaMovement for Democratic Process41,4713.29
Invalid/blank votes66,248
Total1,325,053100
Registered voters/turnout2,267,38258.44
Source: EISA

National Assembly

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Movement for Multi-Party Democracy778,98960.88131+6
Zambia Democratic Congress176,52113.792New
National Party90,8237.105New
National Lima Party81,8766.400New
Agenda for Zambia18,9821.482New
National Congress2,3130.180New
Liberal Progressive Front7590.060New
Movement for Democratic Progress6320.050New
United National Independence Party4770.040–25
Party for Poor People2930.020New
Real Democracy Party1820.010New
Independents127,7609.9810+10
Presidential appointees80
Appointed speaker10
Invalid/blank votes53,462
Total1,333,0691001590
Registered voters/turnout2,267,38258.79
Source: EISA

References

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