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1988 Zambian general election

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Field	Value
country	Zambia
previous_election	1983 Zambian general election
previous_year	1983
next_election	1991 Zambian general election
next_year	1991
election_date	26 October 1988
module	{{Infobox election
embed	yes
election_name	Presidential election
type	presidential
turnout	58.81%
image1	Kenneth Kaunda 1983-03-30.jpg
nominee1	Kenneth Kaunda
party1	United National Independence Party
popular_vote1	1,414,000
percentage1	95.48%
title	President
before_election	Kenneth Kaunda
before_party	United National Independence Party
after_election	Kenneth Kaunda
after_party	United National Independence Party

General elections were held in Zambia on 26 October 1988. At the time, the country was a one-party state with the United National Independence Party (UNIP) as the sole legal party. UNIP leader Kenneth Kaunda was automatically re-elected for a sixth five-year term as President with 95.5% of the vote, whilst UNIP also won all 125 seats in the National Assembly. Voter turnout was around 60% in the parliamentary elections,

Two years later UNIP was forced to give up its monopoly of power as part of an agreement with the opposition. The next elections had been scheduled for 1993, but snap elections were called in 1991 as a result of the agreement.

Campaign

Prior to the elections, primary elections were held to elect candidates for the 125 constituencies. Only UNIP members could vote in the primaries, and the top three candidates would be able to stand for the National Assembly election. In total, 706 people stood for election to the National Assembly, of which 612 were approved by the UNIP central committee.

Results

President

Kaunda was the sole candidate for president, and voters voted yes or no to his candidacy.

National Assembly

Aftermath

Following protests, riots and an attempted coup in 1990, the constitution was amended to allow other parties to challenge UNIP in the 1991 elections.

References

[http://africanelections.tripod.com/zm.html Elections in Zambia] African Elections Database
but 58.8% in the presidential elections.Nohlen, D, Krennerich, M & Thibaut, B (1999) ''Elections in Africa: A data handbook'', p954 {{ISBN. 0-19-829645-2
[http://www.eisa.org.za/WEP/zam1973election.htm Zambia: 1973 and 1978 one-party elections] EISA
[http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/ZAMBIA_1988_E.PDF Zambia 1988] Inter-Parliamentary Union

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