2001 Zambian general election

2001 Zambian general election
	Presidential election
Turnout	67.81%
President before election; Frederick Chiluba; MMD	Elected President ; Levy Mwanawasa; MMD

General elections were held in Zambia on 27 December 2001 to elect a President and National Assembly. The result was a victory for the ruling Movement for Multi-Party Democracy, which won 69 of the 150 National Assembly seats and whose candidate, Levy Mwanawasa, won the presidential vote.

The results of the elections were disputed by main opposition parties, including the United Party for National Development, which many observers claimed had won the elections.^[1] Both domestic and international election monitors cited serious irregularities with the campaign and election, including vote rigging, flawed voter registration, unequal and biased media coverage, and the MMD's improper use of state resources. In January 2002, three opposition candidates petitioned the Supreme Court to overturn Mwanawasa's victory. While the court agreed that the poll was flawed, it ruled in February 2005 that the irregularities did not affect the results and declined the petition.^[2]

^ Zambia's Fourth Democratic Elections: A Country of Minority Governments Archived 2008-06-14 at the Wayback Machine Africa Liberal Network
^ Freedom in the World – Zambia (2006) Archived 2011-02-01 at the Wayback Machine Freedom House

[1] Zambia's Fourth Democratic Elections: A Country of Minority Governments Archived 2008-06-14 at the Wayback Machine Africa Liberal Network

[2] Freedom in the World – Zambia (2006) Archived 2011-02-01 at the Wayback Machine Freedom House

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