By Election In Zambia 2020, Zambia The Plan To Remove President Lungu From Within His Own Party African Arguments

Electoral commission of zambia is an independent and autonomous electoral management body emb established in 1996.

Wahlen usa news ticker. In september 2020 the ecz announced that all eligible zambian citizens who would not register during the 2020 voter registration exercise would not qualify to vote in the 2021 general election. However due to mounting pressure and condemnation in july 2020 the ecz announced the revised fees for the 2021 general elections. President edgar lungu says the just ended mwansabombwe and lukashya parliamentary by elections were a litmus test of the pfs popularity in northern and luapula provinces.

In lukashya pf polled 13431 upnd 2684 pac got 474 votes while uppz polled 147 votes. And president lungu says the pfs victory in the two elections seats proves that the people in the two regions still believe in the partys development agenda. Following the latest round of by elections comes renewed speculation concerning the popularity of the major political parties ahead of general elections scheduled for 2021.

The by elections scheduled for september 17 2020 were necessitated by the deaths of mwenya munkonge and rodgers mwewa for lukashya and mwansabombwe respectively. In a statement released to the media ecz has set september 17th as the date to. The patriotic front has emerged victorious in the lukashya and mwansabombwe parliamentary by elections which have seen former law association of zambia president george chisanga and kabaso kampampi becoming new entrants into the national assembly.

Since its establishment the commission has delivered five 5 general elections in 1996 2001 2006 2011 and 2016 two 2 presidential elections in 2008 and 2015 and several national assembly and local government by elections. On 23 february 2020 electoral commission of zambia ecz chief electoral officer patrick nshindano appeared on sunday interview a zambia national broadcasting corporation television programme hosted by grevazio zulu every sunday evening that typically consists of an in depth one on one 60 minute interview with a prominent guest. 22nd october 2020 has been set by the electoral commission of zambia as the date on which to hold council chairpersons by elections for chilubi town council in northern province and two local government wards in mwansabombwe district of luapula province.

Mr akafumba has announced the ndcs decision to back upnd at a media briefing in lusaka today. Open zambia august 3 2020.