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1996 Zambian general election

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193: 260: 93: 1356: 692:, together with five other allied parties, following changes to the constitution which they failed to have reversed following a court challenge. The changes imposed a two-term limit on the presidency, required presidential candidates to be born to two Zambian citizens by birth or descent, and required National Assembly candidates to give up their chieftaincy. UNIP believed these changes were specifically aimed at their longtime leader, 626: 27: 1610: 1605: 1282: 1640: 1635: 376: 1675: 1670: 1665: 1660: 1655: 1650: 1630: 1625: 1620: 1615: 1645: 700:
and had previously served as the country's first president from 1964 to 1991. The changes would have also excluded UNIP's vice president, a chief. Subsequently, the ruling
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won a comfortable victory in both elections, taking 131 of the 150 elected seats in the National Assembly, and its candidate,
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Out of an estimated 4,500,000 eligible voters, only 2,267,382 registered. Amongst registered voters, turnout was 58%.
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List of members of the National Assembly of Zambia (1996–2001)
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Elections in the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
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Zambia: 1996 Presidential elections national results
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Index

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Frederick Chiluba
Dean Mungomba
Humphrey Mulemba
MMD
ZADECO
NP

Frederick Chiluba
MMD
Frederick Chiluba
MMD
Politics of Zambia
Coat of arms of Zambia
Constitution
Human rights
President
Hakainde Hichilema
Vice-President
Mutale Nalumango
Cabinet
National Assembly
Speaker
Nelly Mutti
Constituencies
Judiciary

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