The opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) is today expected to announce the final results for its extraordinary general conference.
According to the UPND media team, So far, results from 7 provinces which include Muchinga, Northern, Western, North-western, Southern, Eastern and Luapula have had the election results verified.
“The results for the remaining provinces: Lusaka, Central, and Copperbelt are still being verified and tallied so as to ensure credibility and fairness,” says Commissioner MacDonald Chipenzi of Gears.
The election, which was held on 14th February, will see 70 successful candidates ushered to the vacant National Management Committee (NMC) of the UPND, the party’s highest decision-making organ of the party.
A total of 204, 050 votes were cast by the 2, 915 delegates across the country’s ten provinces.
Voters included 7 constituencies, 10 districts, and 34 provincial committee members from the 10 provinces of Zambia.
The voting pattern has been structured this so as to ensure entrenched democracy and regional and tribal balancing, according to the party’s former Elections Committee Chairperson, Garry Nkombo.
The historic election also sees UPND become the first political party to successfully conduct intraparty elections as required by Article 60 of the Zambian Constitution as well as Article 51 and 60 of the party’s Constitution.
Prior to the commencement of the vote, proposed Amendments were made to the old Constitution by the outgoing NMC members, who were dissolved per the requirement of the UPND supreme law.
If it were ECZ delaying for the same reason, Under 5 and his minions would have cried foul
Kaizer Zulu’s daily insults on HH and the wider UPND fraternity expected today too.
And the same people expect national election results in a day? These guys fail to count results for less than 3000 people and want results for 7million plus counted in a day, what a joke
George Mu’chi Mubanga laughable indeed.
Give them some credit. It is not easy to run an opposition political party in Zambia. UPND has been outstanding out of all opposition parties in Zambia.
Maambo Fidelis lol I doubt u even understand what I’m trying to say
Maambo Fidelis You are the one being dull here. What reasonable people are saying here is, the UPND shouldn’t be complaining of General Elections results taking a week to be completed when the Party with less than 3 thousand people is failing to announce in two days.
Mwananyanda Mayumbelo you’re wise
George Mu’chi Mubanga Thank you boss.
HH and UPND are leading by example. Only Political Parties which comply with Article 60 of Zambia’s Constitution should be allowed to participate in the 2021 Elections. All eyes on ECL and PF. Will the PF Convention elect ECL as President given that he has already been elected and sworn in twice in 2015 and 2016? That is illegal and unconstitutional and will be a recipe 4 Political Instability in Zambia . Will Concourt endorse ECL 4 a Third Term? We shall see how Concourt will manouvre this 4 ECL. This will lead to Social Strife in Zambia. The writing is on the wall.
Pf bamusepa. This is how it will be in august
Kubanzanu very simple ecz this ecz that now just 2500 delegates two days
A total of 204, 050 votes were cast by the 2, 915 delegates across the country’s ten provinces.
@George Dickson Phiri , have you read the entire article? the 2915 delegates cast 204,050 to elect 70 , which means these 2915, voted multiple times for different individuals at the same time, its just wise to do a through verification, for ecz you as george you only cast one vote , very easy for ECZ to tally.
Can you be serious it shouldn’t take 4 days to count 2500 voted
And when ECZ takes the whole week for general elections results the same people castigate it.
Mwananyanda Mayumbelo and still announce wrong figures
Steven M Mwalusi For instance?
If it was ecz these chaps will be having a field slating them and insulting them
If ECZ delays it’s issues.lol.This party kikiki.
I heard on diamond TV commissioner Chempezee saying they had a mamoth task of counting 85MILLION BALLOTS?
If it was ECZ the under5 tribal cult will be crying rigging and demanding this and that. For how long has article 60 existed in the constitution because I know of a party that is having its first convention in over 16 years. And this so called verification is just to insure that Tongas are in all key positions. We just have to wait and see. This is not the kind of people you want in government.
Is it April f00ls yet ? Please don5 waste our valuable time with this tribal backward party. Here you wont see tarino spewing his evil sad comments because the article relates to his fellow tongas. Tabaka tekepo
CHOLA SHAMWARI
THERE WILL BE NO CIVIL STRIFE IN ZAMBIA BOI….JUST GO BACK TO ZIMBABWE IF THATS WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR.
And nobody was killed.
When is PF conversion
@Kaizar uli nenede?
How many people really participated in the voting for the results to take 4days ??
I want to advise UPND that they should release the results after a careful verification, and should not release results quicker just because some misguided minds are applying very un necessary pressure here. You are a unique party and I am seriously considering joining your party because your resilience is amazing, despite all the government induced harassments by the Police, you have been able to have successful elections at all levels
It could take another 2days.. these people are not to be listened to ..
Lisa Liywali I wouldnt be surprised ?
Clementina Simukoko its a sham of a convention where key positions where not subject for contestation kkkk
Mmm 4days sure ?
But sure 2500 votes taking 5 days to count. is HH trying to rig the elections. We expect from you the same patience and tolerance you have exhibited in your intra party election to apply in this year.s general election. You hear UPND??
Thats the Unique Party for Right thinking Zambians who are not Using Govt Machinery to produce results in real time. ECZ uses goverment machinery like ZAF helicopters and Planes so it ‘s expected for ECZ to announce results quickly unless they are aiding that Ka Rigger. Unlike PF last time they had it in 2015 It was just a Raise of Pangas and Fists no counting of ballot papers.Miles Sampa and Guy scout had there own camp and were dribbled.
WHAT A JOKE!
How long for said ARTICLES have existed in the country’s constitution or in individual party constitution?
So why quote them now?
Internet is surely faster than a helicopter flying ballots boxes from Lusaka to chifunabili….the exercise is taking long to because “the voting pattern has been structured this so as to ensure entrenched democracy and regional and tribal balancing, according to the party’s former Elections Committee Chairperson, Garry “… So it is predetermined, fixed , designed to churn out “regional and tribal’ balancing…maybe its a quota system…so once they have three from the north, then those northerners based in say south.., be eliminated…if you like set to only give out say 5 from one part of the country….the same will apply during nomination for MP….I see many #running as an independent after adoption if not crossing over……
The intra party elections by UPND appear credible and transparent. This should be followed by other parties too. Mob hu-ha and raising of hands and threats of violence characterised with other intra party elections should be condemned by Zambians.
UPND, you are within your rights to release your results even after a month, there should no pressure here from people who are not even your party members. Let the PF concentrate on sorting out the economy which they messed up, though we all know they have no capacity, hence the hefty bribes called donations you are seeing to churches and marketeers
I HOPE PETER CHANDA, DAN PULE, WRIGHT MUSONA, MUTATI, COSMO MUMBA, TAYALI AND OTHER NOISY SUPPORTERS OF THE PF WILL HOLD THEIRS SO THAT THEY ACQUIRE A SEMBLANCE OF CREDIBILITY AS OPPOSITION POLITICAL PARTIES.
That Provincial party chairman for some party who was on tv yesterday , just to educate you that the word seek is never followed by for. In short you never seek for something , you just seek something. For example, you don’t seek for votes, you seek votes , Ba PF nachizungu chonse is a challenge, well I have educated you free of charge
Delays are they also going to petition these results or do they only petition general election? Kuwayawaya fye
UPND, please work at your pace and don’t listen to any outsider. GDP negative, Exchange rate over the roof, inflation sky rocketing, reserves one bag of gold bought recently, unemployment at its highest, debt recklessly high, has been the legacy failure of the PF, who are trying to fatten the cow on the market day with a lot of donations to some unsuspecting churches. Things were better in MMD. PF messed up even before the advent of covid, the economy was already on its knees
Why should people like Mr. Zulu have their nose grow big over UPND business?? Just like this, one is able to see how people bring confusion from simple and petty issues like the UPND parte election…. The election in question are for UPND and not for the entire country so if they choose to share the results electronically and that the shared information be concealed until a later date it’s their business…