Zambian general election, 1996

18 November 1996

2,267,382 registered voters

Turnout	58.44%

Nominee	Frederick Chiluba	Dean Mungomba
Party	MMD	ZADECO
Popular vote	913,770	160,439
Percentage	72.59%	12.75%

President before election

Frederick Chiluba
MMD

Elected President

Frederick Chiluba
MMD

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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 required a presidential candidate to be born to two Zambian citizens by birth or descent, and National Assembly candidates to give up their chieftaincy. UNIP believed this was 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.^[1] 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 about 4,500,000 eligible voters, only 2,267,382 million registered. Amongst registered voters, turnout was 58%.^[2]

Results

President

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Frederick Chiluba	Movement for Multi-Party Democracy	913,770	72.59
Dean Mungomba	Zambia Democratic Congress	160,439	12.75
Humphrey Mulemba	National Party	83,875	6.66
Akashambatwa Mbikusita-Lewanika	Agenda for Zambia	59,250	4.71
Chama Chakomboka	Movement for Democratic Process	41,471	3.29
Invalid/blank votes		66,248	–
Total		1,325,053	100
Registered voters/turnout		2,267,382	58.44
Source: EISA

National Assembly

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Movement for Multi-Party Democracy	778,989	60.88	131	+6
Zambia Democratic Congress	176,521	13.79	2	New
National Party	90,823	7.10	5	New
National Lima Party	81,876	6.40	0	New
Agenda for Zambia	18,982	1.48	2	New
National Congress	2,313	0.18	0	New
Liberal Progressive Front	759	0.06	0	New
Movement for Democratic Progress	632	0.05	0	New
United National Independence Party	477	0.04	0	–25
Party for Poor People	293	0.02	0	New
Real Democracy Party	182	0.01	0	New
Independents	127,760	9.98	10	+10
Presidential appointees	–	–	8	0
Appointed speaker	–	–	1	0
Invalid/blank votes	53,462	–	–	–
Total	1,333,069	100	159	0
Registered voters/turnout	2,267,382	58.79	–	–
Source: EISA

References

Elections and referendums in Zambia

Presidential elections	1968 1973 1978 1983 1988 1991 1996 2001 2006 2008 2011 2015 2016

Parliamentary elections	1918 1920 1922 1926 1929 1932 1935 1938 1941 1944 1948 1954 1959 1962 1964 1968 1973 1978 1983 1988 1991 1996 2001 2006 2011 2016

Referendums	1922 1969 2016

See also: Elections in the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland

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