2011 Zambian general election

General elections were held in Zambia on 20 September 2011, electing a President and members of the National Assembly. Michael Sata of the Patriotic Front (PF) won the presidential elections, defeating incumbent Rupiah Banda of the Movement for Multi-Party Democracy (MMD), and was sworn into office on 23 September. The PF emerged as the largest party in the National Assembly, winning 60 of the 148 seats decided on election day.

2011 Zambian general election
20 September 2011
Presidential election
Turnout53.65%
 
Nominee Michael Sata Rupiah Banda Hakainde Hichilema
Party PF MMD UPND
Popular vote 1,170,966 987,866 506,763
Percentage 42.85% 36.15% 18.54%
President before election

Rupiah Banda
MMD

 President-elect

Michael Sata
PF

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    Speaker: Nelly Mutti
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