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The unicameral National Assembly of Zambia is the country's legislative body.
The current National Assembly, formed following elections held on 20 September 2011, has a total of 156 members (2 pending bye-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:
Zambia election results Summary of the 20 September 2011 National Assembly ofParties Votes % +/– Seats +/– Patriotic Front 1,028,793 38.25 60 +17 Movement for Multi-Party Democracy 902,619 33.56 55 −20 United Party for National Development 456,873 16.99 28 +2 Independents 208,294 7.74 3 ±0 Alliance for Democracy and Development 31,638 1.18 1 New Forum for Democracy and Development 20,243 0.75 1 New United National Independence Party 18,444 0.69 — — National Movement for Progress 11,828 0.44 — — National Restoration Party 4,688 0.17 — — Zambians for Empowerment and Development 3,059 0.11 — — New Generation Party 657 0.02 — — National Revolution Party 505 0.02 — — Heritage 485 0.02 — — Unified Party for Democracy and Development 442 0.02 — — National Party 193 0.01 — — Zambia Direct Democracy Movement 177 0.01 — — Zambian Conservative Party 168 0.01 — — All People's Congress Party 139 0.01 — — Citizens Democratic Party 137 0.01 — — United Liberal Party 131 0.00 — — Federal Democratic Party 27 0.00 — — vacant 2 — Total 2,689,540 100.00 — 150 — Source: Electoral Commission of Zambia (votes), Electoral Commission of Zambia (seats) By-elections are to be held in the constituencies of Magoye (Southern Province) and Nakonde (Northern Province).[1]
Main article: Zambian parliamentary election, 2011Amusaa Mwanamwambwa is the retired past Speaker of the National Assembly.
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Previous National Assembly election results
Political Party Election Year 1964 1968 1991 1996 2001 2006 United National Independence Party (UNIP) 55 81 25 - 13 -* Movement for Multiparty 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
- List of national legislatures
- List of Speakers of the National Assembly of Zambia
- Legislative branch
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