Kabwata (constituency)

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Kabwata is a constituency of the National Assembly of Zambia. It covers the Lusaka neighbourhoods of Kabwata, Kamwala, Libala and Chilenje in Lusaka District of Lusaka Province. [1]

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In September 2001, a by-election was held after incumbent MP Godfrey Miyanda was expelled from the ruling Movement for Multi-Party Democracy (MMD) together with nine cabinet ministers. [2] [3] The by-election was contested by the MMD (who fielded Dominic Laban Nyirongo), the United National Independence Party (who fielded Kamoyo Mwale) and the Forum for Democracy and Development (who fielded Richard Kachingwe). The by-election was won by Kachingwe, although he was only a Member of Parliament for a few months as general elections were held on 27 December 2001. [4] [5] [6]

List of MPs

ElectionMPParty
1973 Mary Mwango United National Independence Party
1978 Maxwell Sibongo United National Independence Party
1983 Michael Sata United National Independence Party
1988 Michael Sata United National Independence Party
1991 Michael Sata Movement for Multi-Party Democracy
1996 Godfrey Miyanda Movement for Multi-Party Democracy
2001 (by-election) Richard Kachingwe Forum for Democracy and Development
2001 Given Lubinda United Party for National Development
2006 Given Lubinda Patriotic Front
2011 Given Lubinda Patriotic Front
2016 Given Lubinda Patriotic Front
2021 Levy Mkandawire United Party for National Development
2022 (by-election) [7] Andrew Tayengwa United Party for National Development

Election results

2001

CandidatePartyVotes%
Given Lubinda United Party for National Development 7,56333.17
Richard Kachingwe Forum for Democracy and Development 7,22331.68
George C. Tembo Heritage Party 2,1919.61
Dominic L. Nyrongo Movement for Multi-Party Democracy 2,1599.47
Shadrick Kafwimbi National Citizens' Coalition 1,3956.12
Mulenga J. Sata Patriotic Front 7083.11
Emily F. Chingambu United National Independence Party 6822.99
Kapembwa SimukulwaIndependent4461.96
Mushikita A. Nkandu Zambia Republican Party 4341.90
Total22,801100.00
Valid votes22,80199.38
Invalid/blank votes1420.62
Total votes22,943100.00
Registered voters/turnout37,22061.64
Source: Electoral Commission [8]

2006

CandidatePartyVotes%
Given Lubinda Patriotic Front 23,41959.76
Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba Movement for Multi-Party Democracy 8,13120.75
Rowlence N. Banda United Democratic Alliance 6,05815.46
Raymond Phiri Heritage Party 1,5814.03
Total39,189100.00
Valid votes39,18998.21
Invalid/blank votes7131.79
Total votes39,902100.00
Registered voters/turnout55,79971.51
Source: Electoral Commission [9]

2011

CandidatePartyVotes%
Given Lubinda Patriotic Front 29,97774.56
Peter Machungwa Movement for Multi-Party Democracy 5,86914.60
Imbuwa Imbuwa United Party for National Development 3,9239.76
Mckelvin KabasoNew Generation Party1900.47
Nasson MsoniIndependent1320.33
Doreen Shimumbi Zambians for Empowerment and Development 1140.28
Total40,205100.00
Valid votes40,20599.87
Invalid/blank votes530.13
Total votes40,258100.00
Registered voters/turnout72,83155.28
Source: Electoral Commission [10]

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References

  1. ↑ Kabwata National Assembly of Zambia
  2. ↑ Zambia's ruling party expels top members IOL, 2 May 2001
  3. ↑ Simon, David J.; Pletcher, James R.; Siegel, Brian V., eds. (2008). "National Citizen's Coalition (NCC)". Historical Dictionary of Zambia. African Historical Dictionaries. Vol. 106 (3rd ed.). Metuchen, New Jersey: Scarecrow Press. p. 333. ISBN   978-0-8108-5305-8.
  4. ↑ MMD, FDD And UNIP Contest Kabwata By-Elections The Post, 22 August 2001
  5. ↑ Fodep Accuses Mmd of Corruption in Kabwata The Post, 30 August 2001
  6. ↑ The Truth is Coming Out, Says Lt. Gen. Tembo The Post, 7 September 2001
  7. ↑ zamobserver (2021-12-27). "UPND Adopts Andrew Tayengwa As Candidate For Kabwata MP". The Zambian Observer. Retrieved 2023-01-09.
  8. ↑ 2001 parliamentary election results Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine Electoral Commission of Zambia
  9. ↑ 2006 parliamentary election results Archived 2018-04-17 at the Wayback Machine Electoral Commission of Zambia
  10. ↑ 2011 National Assembly election results Electoral Commission of Zambia
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