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1988 Zambian general election
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Presidential election
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Turnout
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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
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Voter turnout was around 60% in the parliamentary elections,
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but 58.8% in the presidential elections.
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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
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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.
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In total, 706 people stood for election to the National Assembly, of which 612 were approved by the UNIP central committee.
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Results
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President
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Kaunda was the sole candidate for president, and voters voted yes or no to his candidacy.
Candidate
| Party
| Votes
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| Kenneth Kaunda
| United National Independence Party
| 1,414,000
| 95.48
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Against
| 67,000
| 4.52
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Total
| 1,481,000
| 100.00
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Valid votes
| 1,481,000
| 96.86
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Invalid/blank votes
| 48,000
| 3.14
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Total votes
| 1,529,000
| 100.00
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Registered voters/turnout
| 2,600,000
| 58.81
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Source: Nohlen
et al.
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National Assembly
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Aftermath
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Following protests, riots and an
attempted coup
in 1990, the constitution was amended to allow other parties to challenge UNIP in the
1991 elections
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See also
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References
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