1968 Zambian general election

none May 2022 1968 Zambian general election Zambia 1964 19 December 1968 yes President presidential no 1973 Zambian general election 1973 87.12% Kenneth Kaunda 1964.png Kenneth Kaunda United National Independence Party 1,079,970 81.82% Harry_Nkumbula_(cropped).png Harry Nkumbula ZANC 240,017 18.18% President Kenneth Kaunda United National Independence Party Kenneth Kaunda United National Independence Party File:1968_Zambian_presidential_election_(results_by_province).svg Results by province yes 1964 1973 National Assembly United National Independence Party Kenneth Kaunda 73.19 81 55 ZANC Harry Nkumbula 25.40 23 10 Independents 1.40 Hugh Mitchley 1 0 1968 Zambian parliamentary election (results by constituency).svg Results by constituency General elections were held in Zambia on 19 December 1968 to elect the National Assembly and President. The first post-independence polls saw incumbent Kenneth Kaunda retain his post as president, whilst his United National Independence Party, the only party to field candidates in all 105 constituencies, won 81 of the 105 seats in the National Assembly. Voter turnout was 82.5% in the parliamentary election,Elections in Zambia African Elections Database but 87.1% in the presidential election.Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p953 0-19-829645-2 The only other contestants in the National Assembly elections were the Zambian African National Congress (73 candidates), and three independents. The United Party, which had been established in 1966, was banned in 1968, with many of its members absorbed by the ZANC.Zambia: 1968 Elections EISA The election campaign was marred by violence, with UNIP members in Northern and Luapula Provinces blocking ZANC candidates from lodging nomination papers, resulting in 30 UNIP candidates running unopposed. Nevertheless, the election saw a swing towards the ZANC; four ministers lost their seats.Zambia 1968 Inter-Parliamentary Union In 1972, the Kaunda government announced its intention to make UNIP the only legally permitted party in the country. This was formalised with a new constitution that was promulgated in August 1973.The State of Political Parties In Zambia National Democratic Institute, 2003 As a result, the 1968 elections were the last multiparty elections held in Zambia until 1991. Electoral system Of the 110 members of the National Assembly, 105 were elected by the first-past-the-post system in single-member constituencies, with a further five appointed by the President. The President was elected using a first-past-the-post double simultaneous vote system; candidates for the National Assembly declared which candidate they endorsed for president when they lodged their nomination papers, and those who failed to do so were disqualified. Voters had only one vote, so that voting for a parliamentary candidate automatically meant also voting for the presidential candidate to which the parliamentary candidate had pledged. In constituencies where there was only one parliamentary candidate returned unopposed, all registered voters were "counted" as having voted for the MP's pledged presidential candidate despite the fact no actual voting took place, effectively disenfranchising them in the presidential election. Results President Kenneth Kaunda United National Independence Party 1079970 Harry Nkumbula Zambian African National Congress 240017 63490 1587966 Nohlen et al. National Assembly File:National Assembly of Zambia (1968 elections).svg United National Independence Party 657764 81 +26 Zambian African National Congress 228277 23 +13 Independents 12619 1 +1 Presidential appointees 5 New 63490 +35 1166637 Nohlen et al. See also List of members of the National Assembly of Zambia (1969–73) References Zambia Category:1968 in Zambia Category:Presidential elections in Zambia Category:Parliamentary elections in Zambia Category:December 1968 in Africa