Zambia suspends vote counting over violence against election officials
The commission said violence against poll staff and stolen ballot papers forced an immediate pause, with results due Monday.
- The Electoral Commission of Zambia suspended nationwide vote counting with immediate effect, citing violence against polling staff and stolen ballot papers in some locations. The commission pledged to review the suspension within 24 hours.
- Approximately 8 million registered voters cast ballots across more than 13,500 polling stations in the country of about 22 million people, underscoring the massive logistical scale now disrupted by the suspension.
- President Hakainde Hichilema seeks a second term amid widespread cost-of-living frustration, while opposition leader Brian Mundubile heads an alliance backed by supporters of the late Edgar Lungu, whose political legacy shapes the contest.
- European Union observers are monitoring the election as it unfolds, though officials have provided no details on where violence occurred or how widespread the ballot theft was, fueling transparency concerns.
- Before the suspension, voters in Lusaka faced delays and confusion over voter rolls and crowd management, with long queues forming before dawn as citizens waited to cast their ballots.
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Vote counting resumes after polling station attacks
LUSAKA (AP): Vote counting in Zambia’s presidential election was suspended yesterday and then restarted hours later under heightened security after the electoral commission said there had been attacks against some polling station officials and some ballot papers had been stolen. The main opposition leader claimed he had been questioned by the army, and police said one person was killed at a polling station during Thursday’s vote. Police identifi…
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Vote counting suspended then restarted in Zambia election after attacks at polling stations
Vote counting in Zambia’s presidential election was suspended and then restarted under heightened security over reports of violence against election officials and the theft of ballot boxes. The Electoral Commission of Zambia said Friday the "security threat" to the election…
The Electoral Commission of Zambia announced today that it has resumed the counting of votes in the presidential and parliamentary elections, after the process was suspended earlier due to reported violence against election officials and the theft of ballot papers.
The electoral commission had frozen the strip citing "violence" to the seats
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