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Polls: 13 August 2026, 06:00-18:00 CAT
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The 14 validly nominated presidential candidates are ready. Vote totals will appear after polls close.
Scheduled
14 candidates
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1
HH
Hakainde HichilemaUPND · with Mutale Nalumango
—Awaiting votes
2
GM
Given Mwenya ChansaMEE · with Harrison Chewe
—Awaiting votes
3
RS
Richard SilumbeLM · with Kaela Kamwenesha
—Awaiting votes
4
HK
Harry KalabaCF · with Moses Mawere
—Awaiting votes
5
FM
Fred M'membeSP · with Dolika Banda
—Awaiting votes
6
KF
Kelvin Fube BwalyaZMP · with Milner Katolo
—Awaiting votes
7
BM
Brian MundubileNRPUP · with Makebi Zulu
—Awaiting votes
8
HK
Howard KundaZAWAPA · with Chipo Miyoba
—Awaiting votes
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BM
Brian MushimbaOPP · with Andyford Mayele Banda
—Awaiting votes
10
GK
Given KatutaIND · with John Nyirenda
—Awaiting votes
11
XC
Xavier ChunguLDP · with Gerald Dingiswayo Mwanza
—Awaiting votes
12
DP
Dan PuleCDP · with Bert Mushala
—Awaiting votes
13
RS
Richwell SiamuneneNFP · with Nicholas Banda
—Awaiting votes
14
AA
Ackim Antony NjobvuDU · with Mirriam Banda
—Awaiting votes
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Who is winning where?
Declared offices by political party, separated across Parliament, councils and wards.
No offices declared yet
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Province monitor
Ten provinces at a glance
Registered voters, gender distribution and reporting progress from the ECZ final register.
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Central
820,079 registered voters · 1,235 stations02
Copperbelt
1,296,446 registered voters · 1,934 stations03
Eastern
1,129,444 registered voters · 1,690 stations04
Luapula
694,681 registered voters · 1,124 stations05
Lusaka
1,430,889 registered voters · 1,766 stations06
Muchinga
435,536 registered voters · 748 stations07
North Western
524,195 registered voters · 891 stations08
Northern
722,403 registered voters · 1,182 stations09
Southern
1,103,275 registered voters · 1,725 stations10
Western
629,352 registered voters · 1,234 stationsLive newsroom
Latest election updates
Sinda wows HH: “We shall continue to deliver because we care and love you all.”, declares President HH
PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has urged Zambians to remember the past and vote to protect the gains made by the UPND government. Addressing thousands in Sinda who turned out in unprecedented numbers, President Hichilema said the UPND is delivering in agriculture, education, health, and infrastructure. “We shall continue to deliver because we care and love you […] The post Sinda wows HH: “We shall continue to deliver because we care and love you all.”, declares President HH first appeared on Mwebantu .
MULILO KABESHA SUED FOR UNLAWFUL DETENTION OF 11 KAPUTA RESIDENTS AT KASAMA CENTRAL POLICE
MULILO KABESHA SUED FOR UNLAWFUL DETENTION OF 11 KAPUTA RESIDENTS AT KASAMA CENTRAL POLICE NRPUP/Tonse Lawyers have sued the Attorney General – Mr. Mulilo Kabesha SC in the Kasama High Court for arbitrary detaining 11 Kaputa residents who are also supporters of Brian Mundubile’s NRPUP. In the affidavit in support deposed to by the applicants […]
HH, UPND WILL FALL IN AUGUST, MUHABI PREDICTS
HH, UPND WILL FALL IN AUGUST, MUHABI PREDICTS TONSE-PF Pamodzi Alliance member Muhabi Lungu says President Hakainde Hichilema and the United Party for National Development (UPND) will fall next month. Speaking when he featured on Millennium TV on Tuesday, Lungu tipped opposition National Reconciliation Party for Unity and Prosperity (NRPUP) presidential candidate Brian Mundubile to […]
KAMBWILI REJECTS CALL TO STEP ASIDE FROM ROAN RACE
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FIELDING CANDIDATES IN EVERY CONSTITUENCY DOES NOT WIN ELECTIONS – KALABA
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Opposition should remain at the graveyard, Hichilema tells Lundazi electorate
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Tonse challenges Hichilema to a live debate with Mundubile!
Tonse challenges Hichilema to a live debate with Mundubile! TONSE Pamodzi Secretary General Celestine Mukandila says the alliance is ready to “expose” President Hakainde Hichilema’s “failures” in a televised presidential debate between him and Brian Mundubile. In a recent interview UNIP leader, who is also part of the UPND Alliance, Col Henry Muyoba called for […]
STATEMENT BY RETIRED GENERALS AND SENIOR CIVIL SERVANTS OF ZIMBABWE:
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ECZ MUST STOP ACTING AS AN EXTENSION OF THE UPND- Elias Kamanga
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ECZ MUST STOP ACTING AS AN EXTENSION OF THE UPND The National Reconciliation Party for Unity and Prosperity (NRPUP) strongly condemns the Electoral Commission of Zambia’s (ECZ) unprecedented and unlawful decision to suspend all approved campaign activities in Chimpundu Ward simply because the Republican Vice President Mutale Nalumango is undertaking a Government […]
MUHABI LUNGU’S POLITICAL CONVERSION WILL NOT REWRITE THE FACTS
MUHABI LUNGU’S POLITICAL CONVERSION WILL NOT REWRITE THE FACTS The Editor Zambia Muhabi Lungu’s appearance on Millennium TV with former diplomat and known Patriotic Front (PF) zealot Antony Mukwita was less an interview and more of a carefully choreographed endorsement of Tonse Alliance presidential candidate Brian Mundubile. Rather than a rigorous exchange of ideas, viewers […]
Trump sacks Federal Election Commissioners ahead of Midterms
Trump sacks Federal Election Commissioners ahead of Midterms US President Donald Trump fired on Thursday, July 9, the last two federal election officials in charge of the agency that ensures accurate, secure votes ahead of midterms in November, US media reported. The bipartisan Election Assistance Commission (EAC) is usually led by a four-commissioner panel, but […]
World War 3 fears as Putin ‘set to launch huge mobilisation in months’
Russian President Vladimir Putin could launch a new large-scale mobilisation of troops within months as Ukraine continues to intensify attacks on Russia’s military and energy infrastructure, according to Czech President Petr Pavel. Speaking to The Telegraph, Pavel said any decision on mobilisation is unlikely to come before Russia’s parliamentary elections scheduled for September 20. He […]
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