2021 Zambian general election
general elections
General elections were held in Zambia on 12 August 2021 to elect the President and National Assembly.[1] President-elect Hakainde Hichilema was declared the winner when releasing the final results from 156 constituencies, defeating current President Edgar Lungu.
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| Registered | 7,023,499 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 70.95% as of 10:15 CAT | |||||||||||||||||||
| Reporting | 99.36% | |||||||||||||||||||
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Hichilema won 2,810,757 votes while Lungu was in second place with 1,814,201 votes, out of 7 million registered voters.[2][3]
Lungu has refused to accept losing the election by calling the election a fraud.[4]
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change- ↑ "Zambia commences voter registration exercise ahead of 2021 polls". Xinhua News Agency. 9 November 2020. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
- ↑ "Zambian opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema wins presidential election". Reuters. 2021-08-16. Retrieved 2021-08-16.
- ↑ Foundation, Thomson Reuters. "Zambian opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema wins presidential election". news.trust.org. Archived from the original on 2021-08-16. Retrieved 2021-08-16.
{{cite web}}:|first=has generic name (help) - ↑ "Zambian president declares general elections 'not free and fair'". Reuters. 2021-08-14. Retrieved 2021-08-14.
