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==Electoral System== | ==Electoral System== | ||
For the referendum to pass, a majority 'yes' vote is required together with a turnout of at least 50% of the eligible voters. The Central Statistics Office of Zambia states that there are 7 million eligible voters in the country, which would mean over 3.5 million voters would have to participate to validate a 'yes' vote. In past general elections voter turnout has been poor and experts fear that due to different eligibility requirements of the general elections, the referendum will create confusion and be a waste of resources.<ref>[https://www.lusakatimes.com/2016/05/31/referendum-issue-president-dissolved-cabinet-got-wrong/ Zambia : The Referendum Issue: Why the President and his Dissolved Cabinet Got it Wrong!]</ref> | For the referendum to pass, a majority 'yes' vote is required together with a turnout of at least 50% of the eligible voters. The Central Statistics Office of Zambia states that there are 7 million eligible voters in the country, which would mean over 3.5 million voters would have to participate to validate a 'yes' vote. In past general elections voter turnout has been poor and experts fear that due to different eligibility requirements of the general elections, the referendum will create confusion and be a waste of resources.<ref>[https://www.lusakatimes.com/2016/05/31/referendum-issue-president-dissolved-cabinet-got-wrong/ Zambia : The Referendum Issue: Why the President and his Dissolved Cabinet Got it Wrong!]</ref> | ||
==Voting and Redults== | |||
With a high voter turnout in the [[Zambian general election, 2016 | 2016 general elections]] there was little or no interest in people volting in the referendum. | |||
===Results=== | |||
{| class=wikitable style=text-align:right | |||
!Choice | |||
!Votes | |||
!% | |||
|- | |||
|align=left|For||1,852,559||71.09 | |||
|- | |||
|align=left|Against||753,549||28.91 | |||
|- | |||
|align=left|Invalid/blank votes||739,363||− | |||
|- | |||
|align=left|'''Total'''||'''3,345,471'''||'''100''' | |||
|- | |||
|align=left|Registered voters/turnout||7,528,091||44.44 | |||
|- | |||
|colspan=3 align=left|Source: [https://www.elections.org.zm/results/2016_referendum ECZ] | |||
|} | |||
==See also== | ==See also== |