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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
Constituency

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 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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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
Constituency

A constituency is any cohesive body of people bound by shared identity, goals, or loyalty. Constituency can be used to describe a business's customer base and shareholders, or a charity's donors or those it serves....
 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: Amusaa Mwanamwambwa is the current Speaker
Speaker (politics)

The term speaker is a title often given to the presiding officer of a legislative body. The speaker's official role is to moderate debate, make rulings on procedure, announce the results of votes, and the like....
 of the National Assembly.

Previous National Assembly election results


Notes: Zambia was a one-party state
Single-party state

A single-party state, one-party system or single-party system is a type of party system government in which a single political party forms the government and no other parties are permitted to run candidates for election....
 with the United National Independence Party (UNIP) as the sole legal party from 1972 to 1990.

See also

  • History of Zambia
    History of Zambia

    This article deals with the history of the country now called Zambia from prehistory times to the present....
  • List of national legislatures
  • Legislative branch


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