Democracy Strengthening in Zambia (DSZ) is a three-year UNDP multi-donor project designed to address recently identified, evolving challenges and builds on previous electoral interventions as Zambia enters its next electoral cycle to the run-up to general elections to be held in 2021.
The DSZ consists of two interlinked result areas: (1) electoral institutions and processes strengthened and (2) programming for peace in support of the Zambian electoral cycle. The overall goal of the project is that Zambia has strengthened democracy through functional and inclusive electoral processes that ensure the peaceful conduct of the 2021 elections and demonstrate heightened legitimacy and institutionalization of the multiparty system electoral processes that ensure the peaceful conduct of the 2021 elections and demonstrate heightened legitimacy and institutionalization of the multiparty system
Registered voters
Presidential Election Results
Hakainde S. Hichilema (2, 852,348, 58%)-Winner
Edgar C. Lungu (1, 870, 780, 37%)
Others (236, 204, 5%
National Assembly Constituency Results
Independents-13
UPND (Ruling Party)- 82
PF (opposition)- 59
2021 General Election Elected Members of Parliament by Gender
Total 155
20 Female, Male 135