HH Receives 1 Million Votes After 62 Constituencies Announced
Official results from the Electoral Commission of Zambia show UPND Alliance presidential candidate Hakainde Hichilema has amassed over 1 million votes after results from 62 constituencies have been counted.
The opposition candidate leads against Edgar Lungu by 1,024,212 votes to the the president’s 562,523. HH has amassed significant support in areas previously loyal to the government, including in Mbala constituency, which has never returned a UPND MP. The region voted for HH by a margin of 15,477 to Lungu’s 14,821.
94 constituencies are still to be announced, with more results to be declared at 12:30 today.
These figures support the finding’s of Open Zambia’s parallel vote tabulation (PVT), which project that HH will win the presidential race with 58.2% of the vote compared to President Lungu on 39.1%.
The data also show wide-ranging support for the UPND candidate, who is predicted to take six of Zambia’s ten provinces, including the key battlegrounds of Lusaka and the Copperbelt.
Results from the latest 31 constituencies are as follows:
Milenge
HH 5163
Ecl 10018
Mbabala
HH – 26940
ECL- 363
Chipili
HH – 4,789
ECL – 10,047
Shiwangandu
HH – 5,513
ECL – 19,129
Itezhi tezhi
HH – 26,069
ECL – 2443
Mazabuka Central
HH – 39554
ECL- 5,468
Zambezi East
HH – 18,271
ECL – 1,393
Solwezi East
HH – 11,582
ECL – 1575
Sinazongwe
HH – 48,334
ECL – 1,683
Siavonga
HH – 20625
ECL – 1,356
Chikankata
HH – 29749
ECL – 966
SENGA HILL
HH – 13,017
ECL – 10,673
Serenje
HH – 7,085
ECL – 9,887
Kafue
HH – 33,647
ECL – 20,183
Chasefu
HH – 15,551
ECL – 18,222
Bangweulu
HH – 9,598
ECL – 25,475
Lukashya
HH – 10,238
ECL – 30,101
Mbala
HH – 15,477
ECL – 14,821
Namwala
HH – 34,992
ECL – 1,376
Kaoma
HH – 17,886
ECL – 2,725
Mkaika
HH – 13,004
ECL – 14,265
Kawambwa
HH – 6,529
ECL – 14,080
Chimbamilonga
HH – 7,861
ECL – 12,212
Nkeyema
HH – 15,834
ECL – 1,305
Lubansenshi
HH – 8,907
ECL – 17,182
Lusaka Central
HH – 38,835
ECL – 26,318
Masaiti
HH – 12,138
ECL – 9,499
Chavuma
HH – 13,758
ECL – 2,925
Kankoyo
HH – 8,104
ECL – 6,721
Solwezi West
HH – 33,301
ECL – 1,631
Mufumbwe
HH – 22,162
ECL – 2,279
Consolidated results from 62 constituencies are:
HH – 1,024,212
ECL – 562,523