Zambia’s election was flawed and may need to be rerun
We compiled the presidential list of results and the first thing that stood out was a high number – at least 27 constituencies – where the ruling United Party for National Development (UNPD) received over 80% of the vote in the presidential election.
Its Supreme Court annulled the August 2017 presidential election, but the electoral commission remained largely unchanged and Raila Odinga withdrew from the rerun, arguing that the reforms needed to guarantee a credible contest had not been made.
Some appear where there was a meaningful contest for the National Assembly, making it difficult to explain why so many voters would participate in the presidential election but not the parliamentary one.
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