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Revision as of 11:19, 24 June 2016
National Assembly | |
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Type | |
Type | Unicameral |
Leadership | |
Patrick Matibini since 6 October 2011 | |
Structure | |
Seats | 158 (+1 Speaker) |
Political groups | Elected[1] PF (70) MMD (36) UPND (31) Independent (2) ADD (1) FFD (1) vacant (9) Other Speaker (1) Presidential Appointee's (8) |
Elections | |
First-past-the-post | |
Last election | 20 January 2015 |
Meeting place | |
Lusaka | |
Website | |
National Assembly of Zambia |
The unicameral National Assembly is Zambia's legislative body.
The current National Assembly, formed following elections held on 20 September 2011, has a total of 156 members (2 pending by-elections). 150 members are directly elected in single-member constituencies using the simple majority (or First-past-the-post) system. The remaining 8 seats are filled through presidential appointment. All members serve five-year terms.
Political party distribution among the 150 directly elected seats is as follows:
Amusaa Mwanamwambwa is the retired past Speaker of the National Assembly.
Previous National Assembly election results
Political Party | Election Year | |||||||
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1964 | 1968 | 1991 | 1996 | 2001 | 2006 | |||
United National Independence Party (UNIP) | 55 | 81 | 25 | - | 13 | -* | ||
Movement for Multi-Party Democracy (MMD) | - | - | 125 | 131 | 69 | 74 | ||
Patriotic Front (PF) | - | - | - | - | 1 | 44 | ||
United Party for National Development (UPND) | - | - | - | - | 49 | -* | ||
Forum for Democracy and Development (FDD) | - | - | - | - | 12 | -* | ||
United Democratic Alliance (UDA) | - | - | - | - | - | 27* | ||
United Liberal Party (ULP) | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | ||
Heritage Party (HP) | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | ||
National Democratic Focus (NDF) | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | ||
Zambia Republican Party (ZRP) | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | ||
African National Congress (ANC) | 10 | 23 | - | - | - | - | ||
National Progressive Party (NPP) | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
National Party (NP) | - | - | - | 05 | - | - | ||
Agenda for Zambia (AZ) | - | - | - | 02 | - | - | ||
Zambian Democratic Congress (ZDC) | - | - | - | 02 | - | - | ||
Independents | - | - | - | 10 | 1 | 2 | ||
Others | - | 01 | - | - | - | - | ||
Total | 75 | 105 | 150 | 150 | 150 | 150 | ||
*UPND, FDD, and UNIP contested the 2006 election under the UDA alliance |
Notes: Zambia was a one-party state with the United National Independence Party (UNIP) as the sole legal party from 1972 to 1990.
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
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