National Assembly of Zambia

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The unicameral National Assembly of Zambia is the country's legislative body.

The current National Assembly, formed following elections held on 27 December 2001, has a total of 158 members. 150 members are directly elected in single-member constituencies using the simple majority (or First-past-the-post) system. The remaining 8 seats are filled through presidential appointment. All members serve five-year terms.

Political party distribution among the 150 directly elected seats is as follows:

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**Summary of the 28 September 2006 **National Assembly** election results**
Parties	Votes	%	Seats
The Movement for Multiparty Democracy			74
Patriotic Front			44
United Democratic Alliance United Party for National Development United National Independence Party Forum for Democracy and Development			27
United Liberal Party			2
National Democratic Focus			1
Independent			2
Appointed members			8
Total (including by-election 26 October 2006			158
Source: African Elections]

Main article: Zambian parliamentary election, 2006

Amusaa Mwanamwambwa is the current Speaker of the National Assembly.

[edit] Previous National Assembly election results

Political Party	Election Year
Political Party	1964	1968	1991	1996
United National Independence Party (UNIP)	55	81	25	-
Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD)	-	-	125	131
African National Congress (ANC)	10	23	-	-
National Progressive Party (NPP)	10	-	-	-
National Party (NP)	-	-	-	06
Agenda for Zambia (AZ)	-	-	-	02
Zambian Democratic Congress (ZDC)	-	-	-	02
Independents	-	-	-	10
Others	-	01	-	-
Total	75	105	150	150