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[[Zambian general election, 1968 | 1968]] ← '''1973''' → [[Zambian general election, 1978 |1978]]

'''General elections''' were held in [[Zambia]] on 5 December 1973. These followed the 1972 decision to make the country a [[one-party state]], and as a result, the [[United National Independence Party]] was the sole contestant in the elections. Its candidate [[Kenneth Kaunda]] was re-elected as [[President of Zambia|President]] with 88.8% of the vote, whilst UNIP won all 125 seats in the [[National Assembly of Zambia|National Assembly]]. Voter turnout was 39% of the 1,746,107 registered voters for the presidential election,<ref>Nohlen, D, Krennerich, M & Thibaut, B (1999) ''Elections in Africa: A data handbook'', p953 ISBN 0-19-829645-2</ref> and 33% for the National Assembly election.<ref>[http://africanelections.tripod.com/zm.html Elections in Zambia] African Elections Database</ref>

Prior to the elections, [[primary elections]] were held to elect candidates for the 125 constituencies. Only UNIP members could vote in the primaries, and the top three candidates would be able to stand for the National Assembly election.<ref name=EISA>[http://www.eisa.org.za/WEP/zam1973election.htm Zambia: 1973 and 1978 one-party elections] EISA</ref> In total, 532 people stood for election to the National Assembly.<ref name=EISA/>

==Results==

===President===
Kaunda was the sole candidate for president, and voters voted yes or no to his candidacy.

{| class=wikitable style=text-align:right
!Choice
!Votes
!%
|-
|align=left|Yes||581,245||88.8
|-
|align=left|No||73,115||11.2
|-
|align=left|Invalid/blank votes||34,326||–
|-
|align=left|'''Total'''||'''688,686'''||'''100'''
|-
|align=left|Registered voters/turnout||1,746,107||39.4
|-
|colspan=3 align=left|Source: Nohlen et al.
|}

===National Assembly===
{| class=wikitable style=text-align:right
!Party
!Votes
!%
!Seats
!+/−
|-
|align=left|[[United National Independence Party]]||527,252||100||125||+44
|-
|align=left|Presidential appointees||−||−||10||+5
|-
|align=left|Appointed [[List of Speakers of the National Assembly of Zambia|Speaker]]||−||−||1||New
|-
|align=left|Invalid/blank votes||56,355||–||–||–
|-
|align=left|'''Total'''||'''583,607'''||'''100'''||'''136'''||'''+11'''
|-
|align=left|Registered voters/turnout||1,746,107||33.4||–||–
|-
|colspan=5 align=left|Source: [http://africanelections.tripod.com/zm.html African Elections Database]
|}

==References==
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[[Category:Elections in Zambia]]
[[Category:Presidential elections in Zambia]]