1996 Zambian general election

none Zambia 1991 Zambian general election 1991 2001 Zambian general election 2001 18 November 1996 yes Presidential election presidential 2,267,382 58.44% 130x130px Frederick Chiluba on February 3, 1994 (cropped).jpg Frederick Chiluba Movement for Multi-Party Democracy 913,770 72.59% 3x4.svg Dean Mungomba Zambia Democratic Congress 160,439 12.75% 3x4.svg Humphrey Mulemba NP 83,875 6.66% President Frederick Chiluba Movement for Multi-Party Democracy Frederick Chiluba Movement for Multi-Party Democracy 1996 Zambia Presidential Election Results by Constituency Heatmap.svg Presidential results by National Assembly constituency 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 imposed a two-term limit on the presidency, required presidential candidates to be born to two Zambian citizens by birth or descent, and required National Assembly candidates to give up their chieftaincy. UNIP believed these changes were 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.Zambia: 1996 general elections EISA 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 an estimated 4,500,000 eligible voters, only 2,267,382 registered. Amongst registered voters, turnout was 58%.Zambia: 1996 Presidential elections national results EISA Results President Frederick Chiluba Movement for Multi-Party Democracy 913770 Dean Mungomba Zambia Democratic Congress 160439 Humphrey Mulemba National Party 83875 Akashambatwa Mbikusita-Lewanika Agenda for Zambia 59250 Chama Chakomboka Movement for Democratic Process 41471 66248 2267382 Electoral Commission1996 Presidential Election Results https://www.elections.org.zm/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/1996-Presidential-Election-Results.pdf Electoral Commission of Zambia PDF National Assembly 300px Movement for Multi-Party Democracy 778989 131 +6 Zambia Democratic Congress 176521 2 New National Party 90823 5 New National Lima Party 81876 0 New Agenda for Zambia 18982 2 New National Congress 2313 0 New Liberal Progressive Front 759 0 New Movement for Democratic Progress 632 0 New United National Independence Party 477 0 –25 Party for Poor People 293 0 New Real Democracy Party 182 0 New Independents 127760 10 +10 Presidential appointees 8 0 Appointed speaker 1 0 53462 0 2267382 Electoral CommissionElection Results Index http://www.elections.org.zm/electresultindex.html https://web.archive.org/web/20010408013123/http://www.elections.org.zm/electresultindex.html 8 April 2001 Electoral Commission of Zambia See also List of members of the National Assembly of Zambia (1996–2001) References General Category:Parliamentary elections in Zambia Zambia Category:Presidential elections in Zambia