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{{Infobox legislature
 | name               = National Assembly
 | legislature        = 
 | coa_pic            = Coat of Arms of Zambia.svg
 | coa_res            = 110px
 | house_type         = Unicameral
 | leader1_type       = [[List of Speakers of the National Assembly of Zambia|Speaker]]
 | leader1            = [[Patrick Matibini]]
 | party1             = 
 | election1          = 6 October 2011
 | members            = 156 (+1 Speaker and 8 appointees)
 | structure1         = National Assembly of Zambia diagram.svg
 | structure1_res     = 250px
 | political_groups1  = '''[[Government of Zambia|Government]] (80)'''
* {{colorbox|#3063AE}} [[Patriotic Front (Zambia)|Patriotic Front]] (80)
'''[[Opposition (parliamentary)|Opposition]] (62)'''
* {{colorbox|#FF0000}} [[United Party for National Development|UPND]] (58)
* {{colorbox|#006400}} [[Movement for Multi-Party Democracy|MMD]] (3)
* {{colorbox|#00D600}} [[Forum for Democracy and Development|FDD]] (1)
'''Independents (14)'''
* {{colorbox|#B8B8B8}} [[Independent politician|Independents]] (14) 
'''Others:'''<br>
{{colorbox|#FFFFFF}} [[List of Speakers of the National Assembly of Zambia|Speaker]] (1)<br>
{{colorbox|Black}} Presidential appointees (8)
 | committees1        = 
 | voting_system1     = [[First-past-the-post]]
 | last_election1     = [[Zambian general election, 2016|11 August 2016]]
 | session_room       = 
 | session_res        = 
 | meeting_place      = [[Lusaka]]
 | website            = [http://www.parliament.gov.zm/ National Assembly of Zambia]
 | footnotes          = 
}}
{{Politics of Zambia}}

The '''National Assembly''' is [[Zambia]]'s [[unicameral]] legislative body. Between 1972 and 1990, Zambia was a [[one-party state]] with the United National Independence Party (UNIP) as the sole legal party.

The current National Assembly, formed following elections held on 11 August 2016, has a total of 156 members. 150 members are directly elected in single-member [[Constituency|constituencies]] using the simple majority (or [[First-past-the-post]]) system. The remaining 6 seats are filled through [[President of Zambia|presidential]] appointment. All members serve five-year terms.

Amusaa Mwanamwambwa is the retired past [[Speaker (politics)|Speaker]] of the National Assembly.

== 2016 election results ==
{| class=wikitable style=text-align:right
!Party
!Votes
!%
!Seats
!+/–
|-
|align=left|[[Patriotic Front (Zambia)|Patriotic Front]]||1,537,946||42.01||80||+20
|-
|align=left|[[United Party for National Development]]||1,525,049||41.66||58||+30
|-
|align=left|[[Movement for Multi-Party Democracy]]||99,356||2.71||3||–52
|-
|align=left|[[Forum for Democracy and Development]]||79,489||2.17||1||0
|-
|align=left|[[Rainbow Party (Zambia)|Rainbow Party]]||34,906||0.95||0||New
|-
|align=left|[[National Restoration Party (Zambia)|National Restoration Party]]||10,887||0.30||0||0
|-
|align=left|[[Alliance for Democracy and Development (Zambia)|Alliance for Democracy and Development]]||8,269||0.23||0||–1
|-
|align=left|United Democratic Front||7,643||0.21||0||New
|-
|align=left|[[United National Independence Party]]||7,253||0.20||0||0
|-
|align=left|Golden Progressive Party||1,461||0.04||0||New
|-
|align=left|Radical Revolutionary Party||831||0.02||0||New
|-
|align=left|Green Party of Zambia||407||0.01||0||New
|-
|align=left|United Progressive People||333||0.01||0||New
|-
|align=left|Independents||347,005||9.48||14||+11
|-
|align=left|Invalid/blank votes||92,044||–||–||–
|-
|align=left|'''Total'''||'''3,752,879'''||'''100'''||'''156'''||'''+6'''
|-
|align=left|Registered voters/turnout||6,698,372||56.03||–||–
|-
|align=left colspan=5|Source: [https://www.elections.org.zm/results/2016_national_assembly_elections Electoral Commission of Zambia], [https://www.daily-mail.co.zm/?p=77536 Daily Mail]
|}

== Previous National Assembly election results ==
{| border="1" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
|- bgcolor=#e8e8e8
! align="left" scope="col" rowspan="2"| [[Political Party]]
! align="center" scope="col" colspan="8"| [[Election]] Year
|-
|- bgcolor=#e8e8e8
! scope="col" | 1964
! scope="col" | 1968
! scope="col" | 1991
! scope="col" | 1996
! scope="col" | 2001
! scope="col" | 2006
|-
| align="left" | [[United National Independence Party]] (UNIP)
| align="center" | 55
| align="center" | 81
| align="center" | 25
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | 13
| align="center" | -*
|-
| align="left" | [[Movement for Multi-Party Democracy]] (MMD)
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | 125
| align="center" | 131
| align="center" | 69
| align="center" | 74
|-
| align="left" | [[Patriotic Front (PF)]]
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | 1
| align="center" | 44
|-
| align="left" | [[United Party for National Development]] (UPND)
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | 49
| align="center" | -*
|-
| align="left" | [[Forum for Democracy and Development (FDD)]]
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | 12
| align="center" | -*
|-
| align="left" | [[United Democratic Alliance (Zambia)|United Democratic Alliance]] (UDA)
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | 27*
|-
| align="left" | [[United Liberal Party (Zambia)|United Liberal Party]] (ULP)
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | 2
|-
| align="left" | [[Heritage Party (Zambia)|Heritage Party]] (HP)
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | 4
| align="center" | -
|-
| align="left" | [[National Democratic Focus]] (NDF)
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | 1
|-
| align="left" | [[Zambia Republican Party]] (ZRP)
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | 1
| align="center" | -
|-
| align="left" | [[African National Congress (Zambia)|African National Congress]] (ANC)
| align="center" | 10
| align="center" | 23
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
|-
| align="left" | [[National Progressive Party (Zambia)|National Progressive Party]] (NPP)
| align="center" | 10
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
|-
| align="left" | [[National Party (Zambia)|National Party]] (NP)
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | 05
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
|-
| align="left" | [[Agenda for Zambia]] (AZ)
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | 02
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
|-
| align="left" | [[Zambian Democratic Congress]] (ZDC)
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | 02
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
|-
| align="left" | [[Independent (politician)|Independents]] 
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | 10
| align="center" | 1
| align="center" | 2
|-
| align="left" | Others
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | 01
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
| align="center" | -
|-
| align="left" | '''Total'''
| align="center" | '''75'''
| align="center" | '''105'''
| align="center" | '''150'''
| align="center" | '''150'''
| align="center" | '''150'''
| align="center" | '''150'''
|-
| align="left" colspan=7| *UPND, FDD, and UNIP contested the 2006 election under the UDA alliance
|}

== See also ==
*[[History of Zambia]]
*[[Politics of Zambia]]
*[[List of legislatures by country]]
*[[List of Speakers of the National Assembly of Zambia]]
*[[Legislative branch]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Official website|http://www.parliament.gov.zm}}

{{Africa legislatures}}
{{National unicameral legislatures}}

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