Zambezi West

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Zambezi West is a constituency of the National Assembly of Zambia. [1] It covers the western part of Zambezi and the town of Kangano in Zambezi District of North-Western Province.

List of MPs

Election yearMPParty
Balovale West
1968 Samuel Mbilishi United National Independence Party
Zambezi West
1973 Rodger Sakuhuka United National Independence Party
1978 Rodger Sakuhuka United National Independence Party
1983 Rodger Sakuhuka United National Independence Party
1988 Rodger Sakuhuka United National Independence Party
1991 Roy Saviye United National Independence Party
1996 David Saviye Movement for Multi-Party Democracy
2001 Charles Kakoma United Party for National Development
2006 Charles Kakoma United Democratic Alliance
2011 Charles Kakoma United Party for National Development
2014 (by-election) Christabel Ngimbu Patriotic Front
2016 Prisca Kucheka United Party for National Development
2021 Vumango Pascal Musumali United Party for National Development

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References

  1. Zambezi West National Assembly of Zambia