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The ruling United Party for National Development (UPND) candidate, Justin Kapema, has emerged victorious in the Pambashe Constituency by-election, securing 5,067 votes.
Kapema was followed by Forum for Democracy and Development (FDD) candidate William Mwenya, who garnered 2,614 votes, and the Democratic Union candidate, Honorator Kanunsha, who received 1,722 votes.
Michael Munsha, the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) Returning Officer for Pambashe Constituency, officially declared the results.
Socialist Party candidate James Mulenga received 509 votes in the election, which saw 159 ballots rejected as invalid from a total of 10,071 votes cast.
With these results, Kapema has been declared the winner and will serve as the new Member of Parliament for Pambashe.
In a similar outcome, UPND candidate Gladys Kangumu won the Ntanda Ward by-election in Mpongwe District with 445 votes.
Her opponent, Clinton Sankay of the Socialist Party, secured 64 votes. The by-election saw 514 total votes cast, with 5 ballots rejected as invalid.
Meanwhile, in the Petauke Central Constituency parliamentary by-election, the New Congress Party (NCP), under the Tonse Alliance, emerged victorious after its candidate Simon Banda polled 13,180 votes.
The announcement was made by the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ), Returning Officer for the Petauke Central Constituency Parliamentary by-election Sibeso Muimui
Banda was tailed by UPND’s Severian Dungu who polled 11,093 votes and Citizens First candidate, Carlos Chama who got 1, 040 votes.
The Socialist Party candidate Julius Mwale came out fourth after polling 578 votes followed by Joshua Tembo of Leadership Movement with 338 votes and Independent Nkole Ntale who polled 247 votes.
The Democratic Union candidate Spirit Moses was at the tail end after he only managed to get 75 votes.
A total of 532 ballot papers were rejected as invalid, and 27,083 votes were cast in the election.
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