Zambia: 1996 National Assembly election results

Updated June 2007

The new constitution adopted prior to the election effectively barred the president and vice-president of the opposition United National Independence Party (UNIP) from standing for the Presidency; the UNIP, along with five other allied parties, boycotted the presidential and National Assembly elections (Lodge et al 2002, 327-328).

Voting statistics

Registered voters	2 267 382
Total votes	1 333 069
% Turnout	58.79
Valid votes	1 279 607
Spoilt ballots	53 462
% Spoilt ballots	4.01

Source

Compiled from Electoral Commission of Zambia 1996.

Seat allocation

Zambia has a unicameral legislature. In terms of the Zambian Constitution 150 members of the National Assembly are elected from constituencies in first-past-the-post elections, eight members are nominated by the President and a Speaker is elected from outside Parliament by the Assembly (for more information see Zambia: Constitution).

Election results

Party	Votes	% Votes	Seats	% Seats
Movement for Multi-party Democracy (MMD)	778 989	60.88	131	87.33
Zambia Democratic Congress (ZDC)	176 521	13.79	2	1.33
Independents	127 760	9.98	10	6.67
National Party (NP)	90 823	7.10	5	3.33
National Lima Party (NLP)	81 876	6.40	0	0.00
Agenda for Zambia (AZ)	18 982	1.48	2	1.33
NC	2 313	0.18	0	0.00
Liberal Progressive Front (LPF)	759	0.06	0	0.00
MDP	632	0.05	0	0.00
United Party for National Development (UPND)	477	0.04	0	0.00
PPP	293	0.02	0	0.00
RDP	182	0.01	0	0.00
Total	1 279 607	99.99	150	99.99

Table source

Compiled from Electoral Commission of Zambia 1996.

Reference

ELECTORAL COMMISSION OF ZAMBIA 1996 "1996 Parliamentary Results by Province" IN Election Results Index, [www] http://www.elections.org.zm/results_index/results_index.html [opens new window].