Zambian presidential election, 2016

Join ElectionsDatabase to save your favourites

Join the ElectionsDatabase community and start keeping track of your most relevant elections, politicians, parties and more. You'll also have the option to receive the occasional update on our progress toward cataloguing every election.

register Cancel

11 August 2016, Zambia

The Zambian presidential election, 2016 election took place in Zambia on 11 August 2016. Nine parties contested the election in one contest. In total, 3,695,710 votes were cast.

Results for President

Terms.team

Candidate	Candidates	Votes	Result
Patriotic Front	Edgar Lungu / Inonge Wina	1,860,877 (50.4%)	1
United Party for National Development	Hakainde Hichilema / Geoffrey Mwamba	1,760,347 (47.6%)
Forum for Democracy and Development	Edith Zewelani Nawakwi / Clement Mwanza	24,149 (0.7%)
People's Alliance for Change	Andyford Banda / Enock Tonga	15,791 (0.4%)
Rainbow Party	Wynter Kabimba / Cosmas Musumali	9,504 (0.3%)
United Progressive People	Saviour Chishimba / Sinanzeni Chuma	9,221 (0.3%)
United National Independence Party	Tilyenji Kaunda / Njekwa Ement Anamela	8,928 (0.2%)
Green Party	Peter Sinkamba / Tafeni Clement	4,515 (0.1%)
Democratic Assembly	Maxwell Mwamba / Rosemary Kabungo	2,378 (0.1%)