Zambia
○ Presidential Election
- Seat: 1
- Term of office: 5 years
○ Parliamentary Elections
· National Assembly
- Seats: 111
- Term of office: 5 years
○ Election system
· Number of polling stations: 7,700
· Opening and closing time of polling stations
- 6 am and 6 pm respectively
· Number of registered voters: 6,698,372 (2016 election)
· Voter turnout: 56.45% (2016 general election)
· Voting age: 18
- Presidential: Two-round system
- National Assembly: 150 elected by First-past-the-post (FPTP) in single-member constituencies, 8 appointed by the president and speaker elected from outside the National Assembly
- Local elections: FPTP
· Voting process
1. Verification of voter’s identity
2. Marking of thumbnail with indelible ink and issuance of stamped Presidential ballot papers
3. Issuance of stamped Mayoral/Council Chairperson, National Assembly and Councillor ballot papers
4. Marking a ballot paper in a polling booth
5. Casting a ballot in the ballot box
· Counting process
1. The Presiding Officer/Assistant Presiding Officer and Polling Assistants count and record the votes in the presence of accredited political party agents, monitors and observers.
2. Copies of the signed results form are then given to each accredited person present in the polling station.
3. The Presiding Officer announces election results at the polling station. A copy of the polling station results form is posted on the wall outside the polling station for the general public to see.
4. The Returning Officer announces and adds polling station results as they are received. Results are then transmitted electronically to the National Results Centre in Lusaka.
5. Presidential results are announced at the National Results Centre by the Electoral Commission as they are received from constituencies.
6. Full results are published in the media and on the Electoral Commission official website.