Congratulations, Zambia! Let's hope the changing of the guard will be
peaceful and orderly.

aS

On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 10:17 AM, Dean Makuluni <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Electoral Commission of Zambia has anounced that Patriotic Front President
> Michael Sata has defeated the Movement for Multi-Party Democracy candidate
> Rupiah Banda in 2011 presidential elections.
>
> Justice Irene Mambilima announced early this morning that with totals
> completed from nearly all the country’s 143 constituencies, Sata had won
> with 1,150,045 votes, representation 43 percent of the total. President
> Rupiah Banda had 961,796 votes, representating 36.1 percent. Eight other
> candidates shared the remainder.
>
> The totals from the remaining 7 constituencies were not enough to overturn
> the lead that Mr Sata had amassed.
>
>
> Source:
> http://www.lusakatimes.com/2011/09/23/michael-sata-declared-zambias-fifith-president/
>
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