National Assembly (Zambia)

National Assembly is the official name for the legislative branch of the African country of Zambia.

The National Assembly of Zambia has 159 seats. Of these, 150 will be awarded in general, free and secret ballot by the simple majority rule. Eight seats occupied by the President, who is also the President of Parliament, the Speaker shall appoint.

The designation Parliament to pay the National Assembly since 1991, after a long time and rightly so. The last democratic elections took place before 1968. The decades of the dictatorship of Kenneth Kaunda have left their mark. Since 1991, the political landscape in Zambia re-formed. More and more new parties emerge, new coalitions are always closed and with each election always appear new names. Have in 1991 still only been a party name the individual fractions from the United National Independence Party of Kennth Kaunda and are running for it, it was in the 2001 election, but no later than the 2006 realized that too in Zambia democracy through the recruitment of the Ruling Elite decides. The UNIP elite no one wanted served up under a new name, but it took until 2001 before the first conceived and ceded by these so. Others, such as Kenneth Kaunda still want to remain politically active, even if their lack of opportunity is evident. In the 2006 election finally new recruitment patterns of the political elite of the country have signed. New personalities determine the field. Thus, Zambia has an opportunity that will solidify earlier than in the 2011 elections so that will be the centers of interest and recognizable the first time.

The composition of the National Assembly

For 2006, only 156 seats are specified, as are still vacant due to the death of three candidates.