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National Assembly of Zambia | |
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| Seats | 167 (156 elected members + the Vice President and 10 Presidential appointees) |
| Elections | |
| First-past-the-post | |
Last election | 12 August 2021 |
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| Lusaka | |
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| National Assembly of Zambia | |
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 Zambia portal |
The National Assembly of Zambia is the unicameral legislature of Zambia. The seat of the assembly is at the capital of the country, Lusaka and it is presided over by a Speaker and two deputy Speakers. The term of the assembly is five years, unless it is dissolved earlier. The National Assembly has existed since 1964, when it had 75 constituencies.
Since 2016, the assembly has had 167 members. Of them, 156 are elected by the first-past-the-post system in single-member constituencies, a further eight are appointed by the President, and three others are ex officio members: the Vice President, the Speaker and one of the deputy speakers.[a][1] The constitution mandates that the constituencies are delimited after every census, by the Electoral Commission of Zambia. During delimitation, the commission ensures that constituencies are wholly within districts, while considering other factors like the "history, diversity and cohesiveness of the constituency".[2]
History
| Year | Details | Elected constituencies |
Elections |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | Zambia gained independence from the United Kingdom and the Legislative Council of Northern Rhodesia was renamed as the National Assembly of Zambia.[3] | 75 | – |
| 1967 | A constitutional amendment led to the National Assembly comprising 105 constituencies[4] | 105 | 1968[4] |
| 1973 | Zambia became a one-party state after the enacting of the 1973 constitution.[5] The number of constituencies was increased to 125.[6] | 125 | 1973,[7] 1978,[8] 1983[9] and 1988[10] |
| 1990, 1991 | Zambia returned back to being a multi-party democracy in 1990[5] and the number of constituencies was increased to 150, in 1991.[11] | 150 | 1991[12] 1996,[13] 2001,[14] 2006[15] and 2011[16] |
| 2016 | There was an amendment to the constitution whereby the number of constituencies was increased to 156.[17] | 156 | 2016[18] and 2021[19] |
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See also
Notes
- ^ One of the deputy speakers is elected from outside the National Assembly, while the other is chosen from among the elected members of the house.
References
- ^ "Elections: Zambia President 2015". IFES Election Guide. Archived from the original on 1 May 2021. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
- ^ "Delimitation". Electoral Commission of Zambia. Archived from the original on 19 July 2024. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
- ^ "Members of the Northern Rhodesia Legislative Council and National Assembly of Zambia, 1924–2021" (PDF). National Assembly of Zambia. 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 August 2023. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
The Legislative Council was re-named the Legislative Assembly in 1964. The Assembly operated until October, 1964 after which it was further renamed as the National Assembly of Zambia.
- ^ a b "Zambia – December 19, 1968" (PDF). Inter-Parliamentary Union. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 September 2023. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
- ^ a b Chiponde Mushingeh (1994). "Unrepresentative 'Democracy': One-party rule in Zambia, 1973–1990". Transafrican Journal of History. 23. Gideon Were Publications: 117, 137. JSTOR 24520273. Archived from the original on 10 February 2023. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
In Zambia, one-party rule under the title or label of "One-Party Participatory Democracy" was imposed in December 1972 ... and in December 1990, one-party rule came to a disappointing end.
- ^ "The state of political parties in Zambia – 2003" (PDF). National Democratic Institute for International Affairs. 2003. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 August 2021. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
- ^ "Zambia – December 5, 1973" (PDF). Inter-Parliamentary Union. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 August 2019. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
- ^ "Zambia – 12 December 1978" (PDF). Inter-Parliamentary Union. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 July 2024. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
- ^ "Zambia – 27 October 1983" (PDF). Inter-Parliamentary Union. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 July 2024. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
- ^ "Zambia – 26 October 1988" (PDF). Inter-Parliamentary Union. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 July 2024. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
- ^ "Constitution of Zambia Act, 1991". Zambia LII. 31 August 2009. Archived from the original on 28 May 2024. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
- ^ "Zambia – 31 October 1991" (PDF). Inter-Parliamentary Union. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 July 2024. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
- ^ "Zambia – National Assembly elections held in 1996". Inter-Parliamentary Union. Archived from the original on 19 July 2024. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
- ^ "Zambia – National Assembly elections held in 2001". Inter-Parliamentary Union. Archived from the original on 20 September 2023. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
- ^ "Zambia – National Assembly elections held in 2006". Inter-Parliamentary Union. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
- ^ "Zambia – National Assembly elections held in 2011". Inter-Parliamentary Union. Archived from the original on 20 September 2023. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
- ^ "Constitution – Zambia 1991 (rev. 2016)". Comparative Constitutions Project. Archived from the original on 12 November 2020. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
- ^ "2016 National Assembly elections". Electoral Commission of Zambia. Archived from the original on 22 September 2016.
- ^ a b "Results for the 2021 Parliamentary Elections" (PDF). Electoral Commission of Zambia. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 July 2024. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
- ^ a b Sishuwa Sishuwa (22 October 2021). "Zambia : Why the PF won the Kaumbwe parliamentary election". Lusaka Times. Archived from the original on 22 October 2021. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
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