2001 Zambian general election

none Zambia 1996 Zambian general election 1996 2006 Zambian general election 2006 27 December 2001 yes Presidential election presidential 2,604,761 66.72% ( 11.20 pp) 130x130px Levy Mwanawasa.jpg Levy Mwanawasa Movement for Multi-Party Democracy 506,695 29.15% 3x4.svg Anderson Mazoka United Party for National Development 472,697 27.20% 3x4.svg Christon Tembo Forum for Democracy and Development 228,861 13.17% 3x4.svg Tilyenji Kaunda United National Independence Party 175,898 10.12% 3x4.svg Godfrey Miyanda Heritage 140,688 8.09% President Frederick Chiluba Movement for Multi-Party Democracy Levy Mwanawasa Movement for Multi-Party Democracy 2001 Zambia Presidential Election Results by Constituency.svg General elections were held in Zambia on 27 December 2001 to elect a President and National Assembly. The result was a victory for the ruling Movement for Multi-Party Democracy, which won 69 of the 150 National Assembly seats and whose candidate, Levy Mwanawasa, won the presidential vote. The results of the elections were disputed by main opposition parties, including the United Party for National Development, which some observers claimed had won the elections.Zambia's Fourth Democratic Elections: A Country of Minority Governments https://web.archive.org/web/20080614095733/http://www.africaliberalnetwork.org/newsletter_item.aspx?i_PageID=1420&i_NewsID=24 2008-06-14 Africa Liberal Network Some domestic and international election monitors cited serious irregularities2002 Election Watch https://doi.org/10.1353/jod.2002.0022 Journal of Democracy 13 2 180–183 10.1353/jod.2002.0022 1086-3214 subscription with the campaign and election, including vote rigging, flawed voter registration, unequal and biased media coverage, and the MMD's improper use of state resources. In January 2002, three opposition candidates petitioned the Supreme Court to overturn Mwanawasa's victory. While the court agreed that the poll was flawed, it ruled in February 2005 that the irregularities did not affect the results and declined the petition.Freedom in the World – Zambia (2006) https://web.archive.org/web/20110201095220/http://www.freedomhouse.org/inc/content/pubs/fiw/inc_country_detail.cfm?year=2006&country=7091&pf 2011-02-01 Freedom House Results President Levy Mwanawasa Movement for Multiparty Democracy 506695 Anderson Mazoka United Party for National Development 472697 Christon Tembo Forum for Democracy and Development 228861 Tilyenji Kaunda United National Independence Party 175898 Godfrey Miyanda Heritage Party 140688 Benjamin Mwila Zambia Republican Party 85473 Michael Sata Patriotic Front 59172 Nevers Mumba National Citizens' Coalition 38860 Gwendoline Konie Social Democratic Party 10253 Inonge Mbikusita-Lewanika Agenda for Zambia 9882 Yobert K. Shamapande National Leadership for Development 9481 33375 2604761 Electoral CommissionPresidential and Parliamentary General Elections Results 2001 https://www.elections.org.zm/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/2001-Presidential-Election-Results.pdf Electoral Commission of Zambia PDF National Assembly 300px Movement for Multi-Party Democracy 490684 69 –62 United Party for National Development 416239 49 New Forum for Democracy and Development 272817 12 New United National Independence Party 185536 13 +13 Heritage Party 132397 4 New Zambia Republican Party 97063 1 New Patriotic Front 49362 1 New National Citizens' Coalition 35947 0 New Zambia Alliance for Progress 3963 0 –2 National Leadership for Development 3155 0 New Agenda for Zambia 2832 0 –2 National Party 1228 0 –5 Social Democratic Party 809 0 New Liberal Progressive Front 175 0 0 Zambia United Development Party 138 0 New Democratic Party 115 0 New Zambia Progressive Party 19 0 New Independents 60045 1 –9 Presidential appointees 8 0 Appointed speaker 1 0 38675 0 2604761 Electoral Commission See also List of members of the National Assembly of Zambia (2002–06) References General election Category:Parliamentary elections in Zambia Zambia Category:Presidential elections in Zambia Zambian general election