Zambia

The president (head of state) is directly elected for a 5-year term in a two-round system. The first round is held via a single-choice vote and the two candidates with the most votes advance to the second round if no one receives a majority (more than half of the valid votes, 50%+) in the first round.

The president can be re-elected any number of times.

The 280-member unicameral legislature (National Assembly) has 266 members directly elected in a parallel voting system (mixed non-proportional representation) every 5 years, on the same day as the first round of the presidential election.

226 representatives are elected in single-seat districts via single-round, choose-one plurality voting.

40 representatives are elected (distributed) in a party-list proportional representation system based on the votes in the first round of the presidential election, of which 20 are reserved for women, 15 for young people and 5 for people with disabilities. 

This is the description of the electoral system of Zambia as of 29.07.2026 on Electoral Knowledgebase. Sources and further information on this topic:

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