2011 Zambian general election

2011 Zambian general election

20 September 2011
Presidential election
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Turnout	53.65%
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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General elections were held in Zambia on 20 September 2011,^[1] electing a President and members of the National Assembly.^[2] 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.