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JUST IN: Solwezi Central Parliamentary Election results halted as UPND's Candidate Bruce Kanema demands for a recount.

JACKSON NGOMA SCOOPS CHIPATA NORTH CONSTITUENCY National Reconciliation Party for Unity and Prosperity (NRPUP) candidate Jackson Ngoma has scooped the Chipata North Parliamentary seat, defeating former Minister of Agriculture Reuben Mtolo Phiri of the United Party for National Development (UPND). Mr Ngoma polled 15,366 votes, while Mr Phiri got 5,169 votes. The result gives NRPUP […]

Iris Kaingu kneeling down to pray to God after the ECZ declared her the elected MP for Mwandi Constituency.

The Electoral Commission of Zambia has denied that a recount took place when vote counting resumed after Friday’s suspension, and clarified the distinction between two results documents at the centre of stakeholder confusion, as an NRPUP representative separately defended the…

Stakeholders confronted the Electoral Commission of Zambia over the legality of its 24-hour vote-counting suspension, an alleged “dummy voting” exercise on polling day, and competing claims over who was responsible for post-declaration violence in Lusaka, at a press briefing held…

Congratulations to Iris and Chanda Kabwe. Finally you are now both parliamentarians

The Copperbelt Was Not Lost Overnight: We Refused to Listen. It was easier to win the Copperbelt than to explain the scale of the loss we have suffered. This result did not simply happen to the UPND. In many respects, UPND leaders worked hard to produce it. We must therefore resist the temptation to blame […]

UNITED Party for National Development candidate Nawa Kanengu has been elected Mayor of Chililabombwe after polling 16,352 votes in Thursday’s election. Mr. Kanengu takes over from Lucky Sichone after defeating four other candidates. He pledged to work with residents and the Government to address challenges facing the border town. "I will be working with the

ECZ TO ANNOUNCE MORE PRESIDENTIAL RESULTS TODAY The Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) Chief Electoral Officer Brown Kasaro says the Commission will today release two further sets of presidential election results, as verification of constituency submissions continues. Mr Kasaro said the first update will be made at 13:00 hours, with a second announcement scheduled for […]

Jay Jay’s sister Pauline Banda secures landslide victory as MP for Petauke Central on the NRPUP ticket.