National Assembly (Zambia)

National Assembly
Type
Type	Unicameral
Leadership
Speaker	Patrick Matibini Since 6 October 2011
Structure
Seats	158 (+1 Speaker)
Political groups	Elected      Patriotic Front (70)      MMD (36)      UPND (31)      Independent (2)      ADD (1)      FFD (1) vacant (9) Other      Speaker (1)      Presidential Appointee's (8)
Elections
Voting system	First-past-the-post
Last election	20 September 2011
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:

 Summary of the 20 September 2011 National Assembly of Zambia election results

Parties		Votes	%	+/–	Seats	+/–
	Patriotic Front	1,028,793	38.25	+9.55	60	+17
	Movement for Multi-Party Democracy	902,619	33.56	-16.44	55	−20
	United Party for National Development	456,873	16.99	-0.31	28	+2
	Independents	208,294	7.74	+5.74	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	-1.3	—	—
	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).

Main article: Zambian parliamentary election, 2011

Amusaa Mwanamwambwa is the retired past Speaker of the National Assembly.

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
• Politics of Zambia
• List of legislatures by country
• List of Speakers of the National Assembly of Zambia
• Legislative branch

External links

• Official website