PRESIDENT HICHILEMA SECURES SECOND TERM WITH OVER 2.9 MILLION VOTES
PRESIDENT HICHILEMA SECURES SECOND TERM WITH OVER 2.9 MILLION VOTES
President Hakainde Hichilema has been duly elected president of the republic of Zambia following Thursday’s general election.
Mr. Hichilema, standing on the UPND ticket, polled 2,965,326 votes while his closest rival, Brian Mundubile of the National Reconciliation Party for Unity and Prosperity -NRPUP-, polled 1,856,217 votes.
In third position is Citizens First President Harry Kalaba with 19,070 votes while Zambia Must Prosper president kelvin bwalya polled 17,078 votes with Socialist Party President Fred M’membe coming in fifth position with 12,194 votes.
Independent Candidate Given Katuta placed sixth with 7,574 votes, and Movement for Economic Emancipation –MEE- Leader Given Chansa followed with 6,650 votes, while Brian Mushimba of the Organized People’s Party -OPP- polled 6,269 votes.
Richard Silumbe of the leadership movement garnered 3,304, Howard Kunda of the Zambia Wake Up Party followed at tenth place with 2,561 votes while Ackim Njobvu of the democratic union party, Richwell Siamunene of The New Focus Party, and Daniel Pule of the Christian Democratic Party placed eleventh, twelve and thirteenth with 2,496 votes, 1,963 votes and 1,348 votes respectively.
Mr. Hichilema’s victory secures him a second 5-year term in office and is expected to focus on growing the economy and improving the standard of living for Zambians, in line with his campaign promises
Announcing the results early this morning, electoral commission of Zambia -ECZ- chairperson Mwangala Zaloumis said although results from 5 constituencies had not been received, she was mandated to announce the winner as the outstanding results were not likely to materially influence the overall outcome of the election.
And in a Facebook post shortly after being declared winner, Mr. Hichilema has thanked Zambians for re-electing him to serve a second term as president of Zambia.
He said he was humbled by the trust Zambians had placed in his hands to hold the nation’s highest office once more and has described the election as a demonstration to the world of Zambia’s commitment to peace, law and order, and democracy.
PN