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 Hichilema was selected as the party's candidate for the [[Zambian presidential election, 2015|2015 presidential by-election]]. Hichilema become the main opponent to the [[Patriotic Front (Zambia)|Patriotic Front]] candidate [[Edgar Lungu]] after receiving the backing of several MMD MPs. Although Hichilema received 47% of the vote, Lungu was elected with 48%.
+==Zambian general election, 2016==
+The United Party for National Development took part in the 2016 general election for both National Assembly and presidential election. The part took all the sit in Southern province of Zambia as the leader and president [[Hakainde Hichilema]] could not beat president elect [[Edgar Lungu]].
+===Reactions===
+The United Party for
+National Development critisized the [[Electoral Commission of Zambia|electoral commission]] for participating in fraud as they significantly delayed the announcement of the results. Claiming that the slow counting of the votes is unexplained.
+[[Electoral Commission of Zambia|Election officials]] denied this, saying the slow publication of the results was because there were five different votes on Thursday - for president, parliament, mayors, local councillors and an amendment to the constitution on changes to the bill of rights.<ref>[http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-37082475 Zambia elections: Opposition UPND alleges fraud], BBC, 15 August 2016</ref>
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