National Assembly of Zambia | |
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| Type | |
| Type | |
| Seats | 167 (156 elected members + the Vice President and 10 Presidential appointees) |
| Elections | |
| First-past-the-post | |
Last election | 12 August 2021 |
| Meeting place | |
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| Zambian National Assembly building | |
| Website | |
| National Assembly of Zambia | |
The National Assembly is the unicameral legislature of Zambia, a landlocked country in southern Africa, east of Angola.[1] The seat of the assembly is at the capital of the country, Lusaka, and it is presided over by a Speaker and two deputy Speakers. The term of the assembly is five years, unless it is dissolved earlier.[2] The National Assembly has existed since 1964, before which it was known as the Legislative Council.[3]
Since 2016, the assembly has had 167 members. Of those, 156 are elected by the first-past-the-post system in single-member constituencies, a further eight are appointed by the President, and three others are ex officio members: the Vice President, the Speaker, and one of the deputy speakers.[a][4] The constitution mandates that the constituencies are delimited after every census by the Electoral Commission of Zambia. During delimitation, the commission ensures that constituencies are wholly within districts, while considering other factors like the "history, diversity and cohesiveness of the constituency".[5]
- ^ "Zambia - The World Factbook". Central Intelligence Agency. Archived from the original on 11 June 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
Location: Southern Africa, east of Angola, south of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- ^ a b "Constitution – Zambia 1991 (rev. 2016)". Comparative Constitutions Project. Archived from the original on 12 November 2020. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
The term of Parliament shall be five years commencing from the date that the Members of Parliament are sworn into office after a general election and ending on the date that Parliament is dissolved. ... The Members of Parliament shall elect ... the First Deputy Speaker from a list of three names... from among persons who are qualified to be elected as Members of Parliament but are not Members of Parliament. The Members of Parliament shall elect, by secret ballot, the Second Deputy Speaker from among their number.
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- ^ "Delimitation". Electoral Commission of Zambia. 11 September 2023. Archived from the original on 19 July 2024. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
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