Zambia: 2006 Presidential elections results

Updated April 2021

The elections for President and National Assembly took place on 28 October 2006 (Electoral Commission of Zambia 2006a).

Zambian presidents are elected by a plurality (first-past-the-post) and so no run-offs are held.

Voting statistics

Registered Voters	3 941 229
Votes Cast	2 789 114
Voter Turnout	70.77
Valid Votes	2 740 178
Invalid Votes	48 936
% Invalid	1.75

Table Source

Electoral Commission of Zambia 2006b.

Coalitions

The United Democratic Alliance (UDA) was formed on 1 March 2006 by the three main opposition parties in Parliament, the United Party for National Development (UPND), the Forum for Democracy and Development (FDD) and the United National Independence Party (UNIP).

The UDA is an electoral alliance for the 2006 elections, with a future merger of the parties under consideration.

Results

Candidate	Party/Coalition	No votes	% Votes
Levy Mwanawasa	Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD)	1 177 846	42.98
Michael MC Sata	Patriotic Front (PF)	804 748	29.37
Hakainde Hichilema	United Democratic Alliance (UDA)	693 772	25.32
Godfrey K Miyanda	Heritage Party (HP)	42 891	1.57
Winright Ken N'gondo	All Peoples' Congress Party (APC)	20 921	0.76
Total		2 740 178	100.00

Table Source

Electoral Commission of Zambia 2006b.

Reference

ELECTORAL COMMISSION OF ZAMBIA 2006a, "2006 Parliamentary Results", [www] https://results.eczovr.org//home/results_by_constituency (accessed 9 April 2021)

ELECTORAL COMMISSION OF ZAMBIA 2006b, "GENERAL ELECTIONS 2006: Presidential - National Result by Candidate", [www] https://results.eczovr.org//home/results_by_constituency (accessed 9 April 2021)