16 Presidential Candidates File Nominations for August General Elections

A total of 16 Presidential candidates have successfully filed their nomination papers for the 12th August general elections.

With the nomination period running from the 17th to the 20th May, only 16 out of the 20 candidates who paid their nomination fees were able to file their nomination papers.

Marking the closing of the presidential nomination process, ECZ Chief Electoral Officer Patrick Nshindano announced the parties who did and did not manage to file their papers.

Those who didn’t successfully file their nomination include “Mr Nason Msoni, All People’s Congress Party, whose pre-processing was incomplete and also did not submit nomination documents. We also had Mr Peter Chanda New Congress Party who officially withdrew from the nomination process.”

Adding to the list of individuals who failed to file their papers, Mr Nshindando said “we also had Mr Felix Mutati Movement for Democratic Change whose pre-processing was incomplete and later officially withdrew from the process and last, but not least, Mr Kalabi who was unsuccessful as he did not meet the number of required supporters,” he said.

The full list of parties who managed to submit their nomination papers for their respective Presidential candidates and running mates is below:

- Patriotic Front

- United Party for National Development

- Third Liberation Movement

- Socialist Party

- Party of National Unity and Progress

- United National Independence Party

- United Prosperous and Peaceful Zambia

- Movement for Multi-Party Democracy

- Patriots for Economic Progress

- Democratic Party

- Leadership Movement

- Zambia United for Sustainable Development

- National Restoration Party

- New Heritage Party

- People’s Alliance for Change

- Economic Freedom Fighters

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