Lungu retakes the lead with 87 constituencies remaining

The race to state house between icumbent President Edgar Lungu and UPND candidate Hakainde Hichilema is heating up with the former now taking the lead from 69 constituencies announced so far.

Consolidated results from the 69 constituencies put Lungu at 699,960 votes while Hichilema is at 644,132 votes. This is after the Electoral Commission announced results from 15 more constituencies.

Out of the 69 constituencies, Lungu has won 45 while Hichilema has won 24. There are 87 constituencies left to be counted. 44% of the results have been announced and we are remaining with 56%.

The ECZ’s next update is at 14:30 hours.

LATEST OFFICIAL RESULTS FROM 15 CONSTITUENCIES ANNOUNCED BY ECZ

MFUWE ( MUCHINGA)
ECL – 11,640
HH – 929

LUKASHYA (NORTHERN)
ECL – 21,017
HH – 5,186

LUAMPA (WESTERN)
ECL – 2,607
HH – 9,691

LUNTE (NORTHERN)
ECL – 10,902
HH – 2,696

LIUWA (WESTERN)
ECL – 1,776
HH – 8,905

NCHANGA (COPPERBELT)
ECL – 16,899
HH – 8,568

CHILUBI (NORTHERN)
ECL – 20,710
HH – 2,416

KABUSHI (COPPERBELT)
ECL – 22,646
HH – 6,906

KANTANSHI (COPPERBELT)
ECL – 14,138
HH – 5,175

ITEZHI-TEZHI (CENTRAL)
ECL – 1,966
HH – 23,422

CHILILABOMBWE (COPPERBELT)
ECL – 17,003
HH – 10,126

CHAMA NORTH (MUCHINGA)
ECL – 13,187
HH – 3,803

NAMWALA (SOUTHERN)
ECL – 1,251
HH – 34,647

MAFINGA (MUCHINGA)
ECL – 15,745
HH – 4,316

MKAIKA (EASTERN)
ECL – 17,087
HH – 3,530

GRAND TOTAL FROM 69 CONSTITUENCIES
ECL – 699,960
HH – 644,130