Latest Zambia election results: Election Commission update that Hakainde Hichilema leads

The first results of the presidential election broadcast in Zambia indicate that the opposition candidate, Hakainde Hichilema, is ahead of incumbent President Edgar Lungu, according to the first results of the electoral commission early on Saturday.

Some of the constituencies where the oga Hichilema perform well and see them as strongholds of the outgoing president, Edgar Lungu.

This means that Hichilema has not gained ground since the last election in 2016, but was lost by a narrow margin in the contested election, due to allegations of rigging.

A total of 296,210 votes cast in these constituencies, representing a turnout of 71.75%, Chief Electoral Officer Patrick Nshindano said at a press conference for the capital Lusaka.

Hichilema received 171,604 votes against 110,178 for the results achieved by Wey Lungu in 15 of the 156 constituencies of the southern African nation.

Initially, they expect a first result on Friday, but the delay comes from the counting of the afta continues overnight for a large number of voters due to turnout and because political parties do not accept not the elections

the first figures of the commission for a constituency, very different from those of the monitors in the field.

Di The Election Commission of Zambia allows di last polling station to remain open until 5 a.m. (03:00 GMT) on Friday to give pipo wey don already standing for the queue to vote dia same with di

Internet access restrictions and violence for three regions.

An estimated 7 million people have registered to vote in the presidential and parliamentary elections with two main candidates, Hakainde Hichilema and President Edgar Lungu.

Oga Hichilema, successful businessman and challenger, Edgar Lungu is trying to win a second five-year term.

Voting begins early Thursday morning for the general elections in Zambia, with long lines for some polling stations.

President Edgar Lungu is among the first candidates to vote at the opening of polling stations for the capital Lusaka. 14 presidential candidates oda na im dey for di race.

“We don’t win, otherwise I won’t be in the race if we don’t win,” President Lungu told reporters after the vote, adding that Zambians “are coming to vote in numbers.”

Meanwhile, the di kontri election commission released a list of instructions for voters in the general election in Zambia, including banning women from painting dia nails.

BBC tori pesin for Lusaka, Namesa Maseko, Dos and Don’ts list includes the following words: “No painted nails (for women).”

As they say, they will mark the thumbs of voters with special ink once they have voted.

Di electoral referee thinks saying pipo also made use of acetone wey dem dey use remove nail polish take comot di special ink, Namesa tok.

A report was also released by internet monitoring service Netblocks said social media and cell phone messaging apps were not working for Zambia on election day.

Access to WhatsApp is restricted, Twitter and Facebook block and pipo start virtual private networks – called VPNs – to bypass local restrictions.

The main Zambian opposition candidate, Hakainde Hichilema, then called for the restoration of the internet after Thursday’s elections.

Then, on Friday, the Lusaka High Court ordered the full restoration of internet access after some social media sites were blocked.

Di Election day went smoothly, but President Edgar Lungu says violence has taken place in the northwestern province of di kontri.

Hakainde Hichilema is also known as HH, a self-made millionaire businessman, he is the young and energetic leader of the main opposition political party for Zambia, the United Party for National Development (UPND).

Dem born Hichilema on June 4, 1962 for the southern district of Monze.

After attending school locally, I got a scholarship to University of Zambia where I studied and graduated in 1986 with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Economics and Business Administration.

Hichilema Alias ​​HH went on to obtain an MBA in Finance and Business Strategy from the University of Birmingham, UK.

Since then, Hichilema has not created a strong track record for business, both for im kontri and internationally. Be a commercial farmer and now get the second largest cattle rancher for Zambia with almost 100,000 herds of cattle for four ranches.

Hichilema is also one of the largest suppliers of meat to the local Zambian market and one of the largest Zambian exporters of hard currency beef products. E also secure investments for the tourism sector in Zambia.

Oga Hichilema won the UPND presidency in 2006 after the death of its leader, Anderson Mazoka, as a business mentor, tribal member and close friend.

E don tey wey Hichilema dey contests to be president, th candidate for the 2006, 2008, 2011, 2015 and 2016 elections in Zambia.

In the January 2015 partial presidential election, Hichilema came second in the race with just 27,000 votes (1%).

The 2021 presidential election marks Hichilema’s sixth attempt to win the presidency.

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