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    BREAKING NEWS

    HH widens lead to 225,971 after 105 constituencies announced

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      THE Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) has so far announced results from 49 of the 226 constituencies. From the results announced so far, President Hakainde Hichilema has established a significant lead, polling 438,708 against his closest rival Brian Mundubile who has polled 351,281. President Hichilema is leading in the aggregate count by 87,427 votes, despite winning in 20 of the
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      THE voting is done. What remains is perhaps the most delicate part of the electoral process: counting, verification, tabulation and the announcement of results. This is the moment when Zambia must summon its greatest democratic strength; patience. Counting the presidential by-elections of 2008 and 2015, this is the 15th time Zambia has held a presidential poll since independence, and the 10th competitive presidential election since the return to multiparty democracy in 1991. Through all these elections, including some bitterly contested ones, Zambia has never descended into election-related war. That is a record worth protecting. That
    • HH leads in aggregate count despite Mundubile winning in more constituencies
      THE Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) has so far announced results from 49 of the 226 constituencies. From the results announced so far, President Hakainde Hichilema has established a significant lead, polling 438,708 against his closest rival Brian Mundubile who has polled 351,281. President Hichilema is leading in the aggregate count by 87,427 votes, despite winning in 20 of the 49 constituencies announced by the Commission, nine less than Mundubile. In what is considered his strongholds like Southern Province, President Hichilema has collected 155,943 votes against Mundubile’s 1,563 votes, giving the President an advantage of
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