Zambia: 2015 Presidential elections results

Updated April 2021

The sudden death of President Michael Sata on 28 October 2014 necessitated the by election, scheduled for 22 January 2015, to comply with article 38 of the Zambian Constitution.

Voting statistics

Registered Voters	5 166 084
Votes Cast	1 671 662
Voter Turnout	32.36
Valid Votes	1 654 349
Invalid Votes	17 313
% Invalid	1.04

Table Source

Electoral Commission of Zambia 2015.

Results

Candidate	Party	No votes	% Votes
Edgar C Lungu	Patriotic Front (PF)	807 925	48.84
Hakainde Hichilema	United Party for National Development(UPND)	780 168	47.16
Edith Z Nawakwi	Forum for Democracy and Developmen (FDD)	15 321	0.93
Nevers S Mumba	Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD)	14 609	0.88
Tilyenji C Kaunda	United National Independence Party (UNIP	9 737	0.59
Eric M Chanda	4th Revolution Party (4R)	8 054	0.49
Elias C M Chipimo	National Restoration Party (NAREP)	6 002	0.36
Godfrey K Miyanda	Heritage Party (HP)	5 757	0.35
Daniel M Pule	Citizens Democratic Party (CDP)	3 293	0.20
Ludwig S Sondashi	Forum for Democratic Alternatives (FDA)	2 073	0.13
Peter C Sinkamba	Green Party of Zambia (Greens)	1 410	0.09
Total		1 654 349	100.02

Table Source

Electoral Commission of Zambia 2021.

Reference

ELECTORAL COMMISSION OF ZAMBIA 2021 "2015 Presidential Results", [www] https://results.eczovr.org//home/results_by_constituency (accessed 9 Apr 2021)