National Assembly of Zambia | |
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| Type | |
| Type | |
| Seats | 167 (156 elected members + the Vice President and 10 Presidential appointees) |
| Elections | |
| First-past-the-post | |
Last election | 12 August 2021 |
| Meeting place | |
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| Lusaka | |
| Website | |
| National Assembly of Zambia | |
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 Zambia portal |
The National Assembly of Zambia is the unicameral legislature of Zambia. The seat of the assembly is at the capital of the country, Lusaka and it is presided over by a Speaker and two deputy Speakers. The term of the assembly is five years, unless it is dissolved earlier. The National Assembly has existed since 1964, when it had 75 constituencies.
Since 2016, the assembly has had 167 members. Of them, 156 are elected by the first-past-the-post system in single-member constituencies, a further eight are appointed by the President, and three others are ex officio members: the Vice President, the Speaker and one of the deputy speakers.[a][1] The constitution mandates that the constituencies are delimited after every census, by the Electoral Commission of Zambia. During delimitation, the commission ensures that constituencies are wholly within districts, while considering other factors like the "history, diversity and cohesiveness of the constituency".[2]
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- ^ "Elections: Zambia President 2015". IFES Election Guide. Archived from the original on 1 May 2021. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
- ^ "Delimitation". Electoral Commission of Zambia. Archived from the original on 19 July 2024. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
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