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| name = National Assembly | | name = National Assembly | ||
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| election1 = 6 October 2011 | | election1 = 6 October 2011 | ||
| members = | | members = 156 (+1 Speaker and 8 appointees) | ||
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| political_groups1 = ''' | | 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 = | | committees1 = | ||
| voting_system1 = [[First-past-the-post]] | | voting_system1 = [[First-past-the-post]] | ||
| last_election1 = [[Zambian general election, | | last_election1 = [[Zambian general election, 2016|11 August 2016]] | ||
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}} | }} | ||
{{Politics of Zambia}} | |||
The | 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 == | == 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%;" | {| 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 | |- bgcolor=#e8e8e8 | ||
! align="left" scope="col" rowspan="2"| Political Party | ! align="left" scope="col" rowspan="2"| [[Political Party]] | ||
! align="center" scope="col" colspan="8"| Election Year | ! align="center" scope="col" colspan="8"| [[Election]] Year | ||
|- | |- | ||
|- bgcolor=#e8e8e8 | |- bgcolor=#e8e8e8 | ||
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| align="left" colspan=7| *UPND, FDD, and UNIP contested the 2006 election under the UDA alliance | | align="left" colspan=7| *UPND, FDD, and UNIP contested the 2006 election under the UDA alliance | ||
|} | |} | ||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*{{Official website|http://www.parliament.gov.zm}} | *{{Official website|http://www.parliament.gov.zm}} | ||
{{Africa legislatures}} | |||
{{National unicameral legislatures}} | |||
[[Category:Government of Zambia]] | [[Category:Government of Zambia]] | ||
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[[Category:National legislatures|Zambia]] | [[Category:National legislatures|Zambia]] | ||
[[Category:National Assembly of Zambia| ]] | [[Category:National Assembly of Zambia| ]] | ||
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