MMD Mtolo Phiri retained the Chipata Central seat after amassing 8186 votes beating his closest rival Lameck Mangani of the PF who received 5913 votes.
The UPND broke new ground on the Copperbelt scooping the Kafulafuta seat and penetrated North western province by winning the Solwezi East seat.
Its candidate Brian Chitafu in Kafulafuta polled 2,504 and was closely followed by ruling PF’s James Chishiba with 2,407 while NAREP’s Jimmy Kasabwa managed 329 votes.
MMD’s Evelyn Mwanawasa who had withdrawn from the election on account of poor health still managed 32 votes.
In Mkushi North, PF’s Ingrid Mphande looked set for victory with preliminary results showing that she had received 3287 while the MMD was in second with 1104 votes.
Official results for Solwezi East have not come through yet but reports indicate that UPND has won the seat.
bm
July 27, 2013 at 11:47 am
the opposition rigged the by election,we wil make a petition as party in government.
abatemwikwa
July 27, 2013 at 2:58 pm
ba pf stop this so called by-elections concetrt on developmental issues balamisuula ama zambian,boss ba sata langeni abantu ukuti,kuti mwabomba ukuchila tu misuule
Rogku
July 27, 2013 at 5:28 pm
we need democracy so opposition are welcome least we are accused of creating a one party UNIP state
zambian
July 29, 2013 at 8:47 am
That’s good for our democracy congratulations to the real winners who are the voters.