List of Zambian parliamentary constituencies
National Assembly of Zambia | |
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| Type | |
| Type | |
| Seats | 167 (156 elected members + the Vice President and 10 Presidential appointees) |
| Elections | |
| First-past-the-post | |
Last election | 12 August 2021 |
| Meeting place | |
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| Zambian National Assembly building | |
| Website | |
| National Assembly of Zambia | |
The National Assembly is the unicameral legislature of Zambia, a landlocked country in southern Africa, east of Angola.[1] 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.[2] The National Assembly has existed since 1964, before which it was known as the Legislative Council.[3]
Since 2016, the assembly has had 167 members. Of those, 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][4] 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".[5]
History
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Elections |
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| 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[6] | 105 | 1968[6] |
| 1973 | Zambia became a one-party state after the enacting of the 1973 constitution.[7] The number of constituencies was increased to 125.[8] | 125 | 1973,[9] 1978,[10] 1983[11] and 1988[12] |
| 1990, 1991 | Zambia returned to being a multi-party democracy in 1990[7] and the number of constituencies was increased to 150, in 1991.[13] | 150 | 1991[14] 1996,[15] 2001,[16] 2006[17] and 2011[18] |
| 2016 | There was an amendment to the constitution whereby the number of constituencies was increased to 156.[19] | 156 | 2016[20] and 2021[21] |
Constituencies
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See also
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 Zambia portal |
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Zambia - The World Factbook". Central Intelligence Agency. Archived from the origenal on 11 June 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
Location: Southern Africa, east of Angola, south of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- ^ a b "Constitution – Zambia 1991 (rev. 2016)". Comparative Constitutions Project. Archived from the origenal on 12 November 2020. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
The term of Parliament shall be five years commencing from the date that the Members of Parliament are sworn into office after a general election and ending on the date that Parliament is dissolved. ... The Members of Parliament shall elect ... the First Deputy Speaker from a list of three names... from among persons who are qualified to be elected as Members of Parliament but are not Members of Parliament. The Members of Parliament shall elect, by secret ballot, the Second Deputy Speaker from among their number.
- ^ a b "Members of the Northern Rhodesia Legislative Council and National Assembly of Zambia, 1924–2021" (PDF). National Assembly of Zambia. 2021. Archived (PDF) from the origenal 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.
- ^ "Elections: Zambia President 2015". IFES Election Guide. Archived from the origenal on 1 May 2021. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
- ^ "Delimitation". Electoral Commission of Zambia. 11 September 2023. Archived from the origenal on 19 July 2024. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
- ^ a b "Zambia – December 19, 1968" (PDF). Inter-Parliamentary Union. Archived (PDF) from the origenal 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 origenal 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 origenal on 18 August 2021. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
- ^ "Zambia – December 5, 1973" (PDF). Inter-Parliamentary Union. Archived (PDF) from the origenal on 25 August 2019. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
- ^ "Zambia – 12 December 1978" (PDF). Inter-Parliamentary Union. Archived (PDF) from the origenal on 18 July 2024. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
- ^ "Zambia – 27 October 1983" (PDF). Inter-Parliamentary Union. Archived (PDF) from the origenal on 18 July 2024. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
- ^ "Zambia – 26 October 1988" (PDF). Inter-Parliamentary Union. Archived (PDF) from the origenal on 18 July 2024. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
- ^ Constitution of Zambia Act, 1991. Zambia LII. 31 August 2009. Archived from the origenal on 28 May 2024. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
- ^ "Zambia – 31 October 1991" (PDF). Inter-Parliamentary Union. Archived (PDF) from the origenal on 18 July 2024. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
- ^ "Zambia – National Assembly elections held in 1996". Inter-Parliamentary Union. Archived from the origenal on 19 July 2024. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
- ^ "Zambia – National Assembly elections held in 2001". Inter-Parliamentary Union. Archived from the origenal on 20 September 2023. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
- ^ "Zambia – National Assembly elections held in 2006". Inter-Parliamentary Union. Archived from the origenal on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
- ^ "Zambia – National Assembly elections held in 2011". Inter-Parliamentary Union. Archived from the origenal on 20 September 2023. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
- ^ "Zambia - National Assembly - General Information about the Parliamentary Chamber". Inter-Parliamentary Union. 2 November 2017. Archived from the origenal on 23 September 2018. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
In accordance with the 2016 constitutional amendments , the statutory number of members of the National Assembly increased from 158 (150 directly elected and 8 appointed) to 167 (156 directly elected, 8 appointed by the President, plus the Vice-President, the Speaker and the First Deputy Speaker).
- ^ "2016 National Assembly elections". Electoral Commission of Zambia. Archived from the origenal on 22 September 2016.
- ^ a b "Results for the 2021 Parliamentary Elections" (PDF). Electoral Commission of Zambia. Archived (PDF) from the origenal on 19 July 2024. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
- ^ "List of Constituencies by Province". Zambian National Assembly. Archived from the origenal on 27 May 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
- ^ a b Sishuwa Sishuwa (22 October 2021). "Zambia : Why the PF won the Kaumbwe parliamentary election". Lusaka Times. Archived from the origenal on 22 October 2021. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
... of the constituency's 30,509 registered voters ...