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1968 Zambian general election

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Field	Value
election_name	1968 Zambian general election
country	Zambia
election_date	19 December 1968
module	{{Infobox election
embed	yes
election_name	President
type	presidential
ongoing	no
next_election	1973 Zambian general election
next_year	1973
turnout	87.12%
image1	Kenneth Kaunda 1964.png
nominee1	Kenneth Kaunda
party1	United National Independence Party
popular_vote1	1,079,970
percentage1	81.82%
image2	Harry_Nkumbula_(cropped).png
nominee2	Harry Nkumbula
party2	ZANC
popular_vote2	240,017
percentage2	18.18%
title	President
before_election	Kenneth Kaunda
before_party	United National Independence Party
after_election	Kenneth Kaunda
after_party	United National Independence Party
map_image	File:1968_Zambian_presidential_election_(results_by_province).svg
map_caption	Results by province
module	{{Infobox legislative election
embed	yes
previous_election	[1964](1964-northern-rhodesian-general-election)
next_election	[1973](1973-zambian-general-election)
election_name	National Assembly
party1	United National Independence Party	leader1 = Kenneth Kaunda	percentage1 = 73.19	seats1 = 81	last_election1 = 55
party2	ZANC	leader2 = Harry Nkumbula	percentage2 = 25.40	seats2 = 23	last_election2 = 10
party3	Independents	percentage3 = 1.40	leader3 = Hugh Mitchley	seats3 = 1	last_election3 = 0
map	1968 Zambian parliamentary election (results by constituency).svg
map_caption	Results by constituency

General elections were held in Zambia on 19 December 1968 to elect the National Assembly and President. The first post-independence polls saw incumbent Kenneth Kaunda retain his post as president, whilst his United National Independence Party, the only party to field candidates in all 105 constituencies, but 87.1% in the presidential election.

The only other contestants in the National Assembly elections were the Zambian African National Congress (73 candidates), and three independents. The election campaign was marred by violence, with UNIP members in Northern and Luapula Provinces blocking ZANC candidates from lodging nomination papers, resulting in 30 UNIP candidates running unopposed.

In 1972, the Kaunda government announced its intention to make UNIP the only legally permitted party in the country. This was formalised with a new constitution that was promulgated in August 1973. As a result, the 1968 elections were the last multiparty elections held in Zambia until 1991.

Electoral system

Of the 110 members of the National Assembly, 105 were elected by the first-past-the-post system in single-member constituencies, with a further five appointed by the President.

The President was elected using a first-past-the-post double simultaneous vote system; candidates for the National Assembly declared which candidate they endorsed for president when they lodged their nomination papers, and those who failed to do so were disqualified. Voters had only one vote, so that voting for a parliamentary candidate automatically meant also voting for the presidential candidate to which the parliamentary candidate had pledged. In constituencies where there was only one parliamentary candidate returned unopposed, all registered voters were "counted" as having voted for the MP's pledged presidential candidate despite the fact no actual voting took place, effectively disenfranchising them in the presidential election.

Results

President

National Assembly

References

won 81 of the 105 seats in the National Assembly. Voter turnout was 82.5% in the parliamentary election,[http://africanelections.tripod.com/zm.html Elections in Zambia] African Elections Database
[[Dieter Nohlen]], Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) ''Elections in Africa: A data handbook'', p953 {{ISBN. 0-19-829645-2
Nevertheless, the election saw a swing towards the ZANC; four ministers lost their seats.[http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/ZAMBIA_1968_E.PDF Zambia 1968] Inter-Parliamentary Union
[https://www.ndi.org/sites/default/files/The_State_of_Political_Parties_in_Zambia_2003_Final_Report.pdf The State of Political Parties In Zambia] [[National Democratic Institute]], 2003

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