Following Tuesday’s by-election vote in Lukulu in Zambia’s Western Province, many opposition groups are on high alert for possible vote fraud by the ruling Patriotic Front (PF), as the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) has refused to declare a winner more than 24 hours after the closure of polls.
Western Province, home to the separatist enclave of Barotseland, has traditionally been very critical of the ruling party and its leaders, and exit polls showed a comfortable lead for the opposition United Party for National Development (UPND).
The ECZ this afternoon announced the results for the Kapiri Mposhi by-election that was won by the ruling Patriotic Front with the UPND in close second polling 5470 behind PF’s 6, 614. UNIP’s Francis Mwape managed a paltry 443 votes.
In Lukulu the ECZ has been dragging its feet in announcing the results and the information vacuum is fuelling tension, while the candidate from the UPND has already declared victory.
ECZ has continued to stifle the information flow however the UPND has said its candidate Misheck Mutelo had won the seat.
At the last count 25 of the 40 polling stations had indicated that the UPND was leading by over 1000 votes.
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