2001 Zambian general election

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Presidential election

Turnout

67.81%


Nominee	Levy Mwanawasa	Anderson Mazoka	Christon Tembo
Party	MMD	UPND	FDD
Popular vote	506,694	472,697	228,861
Percentage	29.15%	27.20%	13.17%


Nominee	Tilyenji Kaunda	Godfrey Miyanda
Party	UNIP	Heritage
Popular vote	175,898	140,678
Percentage	10.12%	8.09%

President before election

Frederick Chiluba
MMD

Elected President

Levy Mwanawasa
MMD

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General elections were held in Zambia on 27 December 2001 to elect a President and National Assembly. The result was a victory for the ruling Movement for Multi-Party Democracy, which won 69 of the 150 National Assembly seats and whose candidate, Levy Mwanawasa, won the presidential vote.

The results of the elections were disputed by main opposition parties, including the United Party for National Development, which many observers claimed had won the elections.^[1] Both domestic and international election monitors cited serious irregularities with the campaign and election, including vote rigging, flawed voter registration, unequal and biased media coverage, and the MMD's improper use of state resources. In January 2002, three opposition candidates petitioned the Supreme Court to overturn Mwanawasa's victory. While the court agreed that the poll was flawed, it ruled in February 2005 that the irregularities did not affect the results and declined the petition.^[2]

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Results

President


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Levy Mwanawasa	Movement for Multiparty Democracy	506,694	29.15
	Anderson Mazoka	United Party for National Development	472,697	27.20
	Christon Tembo	Forum for Democracy and Development	228,861	13.17
	Tilyenji Kaunda	United National Independence Party	175,898	10.12
	Godfrey Miyanda	Heritage Party	140,678	8.09
	Benjamin Mwila	Zambia Republican Party	85,472	4.92
	Michael Sata	Patriotic Front	59,172	3.40
	Nevers Mumba	National Citizens' Coalition	38,860	2.24
	Gwendoline Konie	Social Democratic Party	10,253	0.59
	Inonge Mbikusita-Lewanika	Agenda for Zambia	9,882	0.57
	Yobert K. Shamapande	National Leadership for Development	9,481	0.55
Total			1,737,948	100.00

Valid votes			1,737,948	98.39
Invalid/blank votes			28,408	1.61
Total votes			1,766,356	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			2,604,761	67.81
Source: EISA

National Assembly


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Movement for Multi-Party Democracy	490,680	28.02	69	–62
	United Party for National Development	416,236	23.77	49	New
	Forum for Democracy and Development	272,817	15.58	12	New
	United National Independence Party	185,535	10.59	13	+13
	Heritage Party	132,311	7.55	4	New
	Zambia Republican Party	97,010	5.54	1	New
	Patriotic Front	49,362	2.82	1	New
	National Citizens' Coalition	35,632	2.03	0	New
	Zambia Alliance for Progress	3,963	0.23	0	–2
	National Leadership for Development	3,155	0.18	0	New
	Agenda for Zambia	2,832	0.16	0	–2
	National Party	1,228	0.07	0	–5
	Social Democratic Party	809	0.05	0	New
	Liberal Progressive Front	175	0.01	0	0
	Zambia United Development Party	138	0.01	0	New
	Democratic Party	115	0.01	0	New
	Zambia Progressive Party	19	0.00	0	New
	Independents	59,335	3.39	1	–9
Presidential appointees				8	0
Appointed speaker				1	0
Total		1,751,352	100.00	159	0

Valid votes		1,751,352	98.09
Invalid/blank votes		34,133	1.91
Total votes		1,785,485	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		2,604,761	68.55
Source: EISA

References

^ Zambia's Fourth Democratic Elections: A Country of Minority Governments Archived 2008-06-14 at the Wayback Machine Africa Liberal Network
^ Freedom in the World – Zambia (2006) Archived 2011-02-01 at the Wayback Machine Freedom House

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