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2021 Zambian general election
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General elections were held in Zambia on 12 August 2021 to elect the President and National Assembly.[1] President-elect Hakainde Hichilema was declared the winner when releasing the final results from 156 constituencies, defeating current President Edgar Lungu.
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Registered | 7,023,499 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Reporting | 99.36% | |||||||||||||||||||
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Hichilema won 2,810,757 votes while Lungu was in second place with 1,814,201 votes, out of 7 million registered voters.[2][3]
Lungu has refused to accept losing the election by calling the election a fraud.[4]