Kabwata (constituency)

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Kabwata is a constituency of the National Assembly of Zambia. It covers the Lusaka suburb of , and Chilenje in Lusaka Province.[1]

In September 2001, a by-election was held after incumbent MP Godfrey Miyanda was expelled from the ruling Movement for Multi-Party Democracy (MMD) together with nine cabinet ministers.[2][3] The by-election was contested by the MMD (who fielded Dominic Laban Nyirongo), the United National Independence Party (who fielded Kamoyo Mwale) and the Forum for Democracy and Development (who fielded ). The by-election was won by Kachingwe, although he was only a Member of Parliament for a few months as general elections were held on 27 December 2001.[4][5][6]

List of MPs[]

Election year MP Party
1973 United National Independence Party
1978 United National Independence Party
1983 Michael Sata United National Independence Party
1988 Michael Sata United National Independence Party
1991 Michael Sata Movement for Multi-Party Democracy
1996 Godfrey Miyanda Movement for Multi-Party Democracy
Forum for Democracy and Development
2001 Given Lubinda United Party for National Development
2006 Given Lubinda Patriotic Front
2011 Given Lubinda Patriotic Front
2016 Given Lubinda Patriotic Front

Election results[]

2001 general election[7]
Candidate Party Votes %
Given Lubinda United Party for National Development 7,563 33.17
Richard Kachingwe Forum for Democracy and Development 7,223 31.68
George C. Tembo Heritage Party 2,191 9.61
Dominic L. Nyrongo Movement for Multi-Party Democracy 2,159 9.47
Shadrick Kafwimbi National Citizens' Coalition 1,395 6.12
Mulenga J. Sata Patriotic Front 708 3.11
Emily F. Chingambu United National Independence Party 682 2.99
Kapembwa Simukulwa Independent 446 1.96
Mushikita A. Nkandu Zambia Republican Party 434 1.90
Invalid/blank votes 142 –
Total 22,943 100
Registered voters/turnout 37,220 61.64%
2006 general election[8]
Candidate Party Votes %
Given Lubinda Patriotic Front 23,419 59.76
Geoffrey B. Mwamba Movement for Multi-Party Democracy 8,131 20.75
Rowlence N. Banda United Democratic Alliance 6,058 15.46
Raymond Phiri Heritage Party 1,581 4.03
Invalid/blank votes 713 –
Total 39,902 100
Registered voters/turnout 55,799 71.51
2011 general election[9]
Candidate Party Votes %
Given Lubinda Patriotic Front 29,977 74.46
Peter Machungwa Movement for Multi-Party Democracy 5,869 14.58
Imbuwa Imbuwa United Party for National Development 3,923 9.74
Mckelvin Kabaso New Generation Party 190 0.47
Nasson Msoni Independent 132 0.33
Doreen Shimumbi Zambians for Empowerment and Development 114 0.28
Invalid/blank votes 53 –
Total 40,258 100
Registered voters/turnout 72,831 55.28

References[]

  1. ^ Kabwata National Assembly of Zambia
  2. ^ Zambia's ruling party expels top members IOL, 2 May 2001
  3. ^ Simon, David J.; Pletcher, James R.; Siegel, Brian V., eds. (2008). "National Citizen's Coalition (NCC)". Historical Dictionary of Zambia. African Historical Dictionaries. 106 (3rd ed.). Metuchen, New Jersey: Scarecrow Press. p. 333. ISBN 978-0-8108-5305-8.
  4. ^ MMD, FDD And UNIP Contest Kabwata By-Elections The Post, 22 August 2001
  5. ^ Fodep Accuses Mmd of Corruption in Kabwata The Post, 30 August 2001
  6. ^ The Truth is Coming Out, Says Lt. Gen. Tembo The Post, 7 September 2001
  7. ^ 2001 parliamentary election results Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine Electoral Commission of Zambia
  8. ^ 2006 parliamentary election results Archived 2018-04-17 at the Wayback Machine Electoral Commission of Zambia
  9. ^ 2011 National Assembly election results Electoral Commission of Zambia
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