National Assembly of Zambia

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The unicameral National Assembly of Zambia is the country's legislative body.

The current National Assembly, formed following elections held on 27 December 2001, has a total of 158 members. 150 members are directly elected in single-member constituencies using the simple majority (or First-past-the-post) system. The remaining 8 seats are filled through presidential appointment. All members serve five-year terms.

Political party distribution among the 150 directly elected seats is as follows:

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**Summary of the 27 December 2001 National Assembly of Zambia election results**
Parties	Votes	%	Seats
Movement for Multiparty Democracy		27.5	69
United Party for National Development		23.3	49
Forum for Democracy and Development		15.3	12
United National Independence Party		10.4	13
Heritage Party		7.4	4
Patriotic Front		2.8	1
Zambia Republic Party		5.5	1
Non partisans	-	-	1
Appointed members			8
Speaker			1
Total (turnout %)			159
Source: Republic of Zambia State House; Electoral Commission of Zambia, January 2002

Main article: Zambian parliamentary election, 2001

Amusaa Mwanamwambwa is the current Speaker of the National Assembly.

[edit] Previous National Assembly election results

Political Party	Election Year
Political Party	1964	1968	1991	1996
United National Independence Party (UNIP)	55	81	25	-
Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD)	-	-	125	131
African National Congress (ANC)	10	23	-	-
National Progressive Party (NPP)	10	-	-	-
National Party (NP)	-	-	-	06
Agenda for Zambia (AZ)	-	-	-	02
Zambian Democratic Congress (ZDC)	-	-	-	02
Independents	-	-	-	10
Others	-	01	-	-
Total	75	105	150	150