Rupiah Banda - Challenger Michael Sata Wins Zambia Elections - The Associated Press

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LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) The chairwoman belonging to the Electoral Commission of Zambia affirms challenger Michael Sata features defeated the particular incumbent in presidential elections.

Irene Mambilima announced quick Friday which with tallies completed from a wide range of that place's a hundred and fifty constituencies, Sata possessed picked up using 1,150,045 votes, or 43 percentage of the total. President Rupiah Banda experienced 961,796 votes, or perhaps 36.1 percent. Eight additional applicants embraced the remainder.

Banda's party, connected with which in turn Sata acquired already been a member until some sort of 2001 control dispute, experienced been within electrical power for just two decades.

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LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) As a new challenger encouraged within Zambia's presidential election, their proponents celebrated, plus electoral officials ceased issuing vote tallies Thursday.

Totals released within the past due morning out of 116 involving one hundred fifty constituencies showed Michael Sata having 994,090 votes, and also 44.4 percent connected with ballots counted and so far. President Rupiah Banda trailed from 808,596 votes, or perhaps 36.11 percent. Eight different individuals separated the remainder.

A guaranteed 10 p.m. briefing in the Electoral Commission connected with Zambia would not happen. Hours passed, in addition to authorities said we were holding still setting up tallies.

Hundreds connected with Sata supporters danced plus lighted celebratory roll bonfires in the streets on the capital the later part of Thursday. The disposition seemed to be joyous.

Sata's followers have rioted after earlier losses, plus physical violence offers pursuing the latest elections in a different place within Africa.

Sata, your former provincial governor plus Cabinet minister recognised to get his / her populist, anti-China rhetoric and sharpened tongue, eventually left Banda's Movement intended for Multi-Party Democracy to create his / her own party inside 2001, once he had been flushed over to cause your MMD inside elections.

He missing elections this 12 months as well as inside 2006 to the MMD's Levy Mwanawasa. In 2008, right after Mwanawasa passed away of your stroke, he misplaced a special election for you to Banda, who seem to were Mwanawasa's vice president. The MMD provides brought about Zambia given that 1991.

Sata is well know intended for his populist, anti-China rhetoric. Friends as well as foes call Sata, born inside 1936, "ba mudala ba Sata," resulting in "Old dude Mr. Sata." He's often known as "ba King Cobra" Mr. King Cobra, to get his famously razor-sharp tongue.