Zambia 2026 results, UPND 60.5%, 100% declared

Zambia General Election 2026 Presidential results

Every declaration, every province, and the one number that decides whether this goes to a run-off.

Presidential result . 226 of 226 constituencies declared

60.5% Hakainde Hichilema United Party for National Development | 37.9% Brian Mundubile National Reconciliation Party for Unity and Prosperity

Counting complete. Above the 50% line, no run-off.

4,902,050 valid votes counted. Rejected ballots: 126,556 (2.52%).

1. Hakainde Hichilema incumbent, United Party for National Development, 60.49% 2,965,326 votes
2. Brian Mundubile, National Reconciliation Party for Unity and Prosperity, 37.87% 1,856,217 votes
3. Harry Kalaba, Citizens First, 0.39% 19,070 votes

Lead: 1,109,109 votes (22.6%). 14 candidates, 4,902,050 votes. Total 4,902,050 valid.

Official. Declared live by the Electoral Commission of Zambia at the National Results Centre.

The 50% + 1 line: A presidential candidate must win more than 50% of valid votes cast. If nobody clears the line, the top two go to a run-off within 37 days. Hichilema UPND 60.5%. Mundubile NRPUP 37.9%. Counting is complete. Hakainde Hichilema finishes above the line on 60.5%. No run-off.

226 declared, 0 outstanding, at most 0 votes still to come.

At 55-75% turnout of 8,786,300 registered voters, between 0 and 1,561,119 votes remain uncounted.

Latest announcements: Every figure this site has shown, and what changed at each announcement.

1. Tue 18 Aug, 05:24 Consolidated final result, president-elect declared. +42 constituencies . +1,085,020 valid votes (running total 226 declared). The Commission's consolidated figures for all fourteen candidates. 4,902,050 valid votes and 126,556 rejected, so 5,028,606 ballots cast against a register of 8,786,300, a turnout of 57.2%. Hichilema is given here as 2,965,326, which is 2,000 below the 2,967,326 announced with the overall total earlier. The consolidated list is the figure kept: the thirteen named candidates come to 4,901,950 and leave 100 for Chungu, who was again not read out, whereas the higher figure overshoots the announced valid total by 1,900 and cannot be right. This is the same 2,000 that separated the Commission's consolidated figure from the seat-by-seat tally at 135 constituencies. Five constituencies are not in these totals: Kwacha, Chawama, Lusaka Central, Makeni and Mandevu. Makeni and Mandevu were lost in the attacks on polling stations and the other three were not ready in time. Their combined figure of 165,224 could not change the outcome. Mwangala Zaloumis ascertained the votes and declared Hakainde Hichilema president-elect of the Republic of Zambia on 18 August 2026.

2. Tue 18 Aug, 04:51 Final national total, all 226 constituencies. +43 constituencies . +1,083,477 valid votes (running total 226 declared). The Commission's overall total for all 226 constituencies. Hichilema 2,967,326 and Mundubile 1,856,217, with 124 constituencies won by Hichilema and 102 by Mundubile.