Key takeaways
- Four opposition presidential candidates who contested the 13 August election have conceded defeat and congratulated President Hakainde Hichilema.
- OPP candidate Brian Mushimba says Zambians have spoken and he respects their decision.
- Democratic Union Party President Ackim Njobvu says the win is a victory for every patriotic Zambian and has called on the President to continue uniting the country.
- Leadership President Richard Silumbe has congratulated the President on his landslide victory and thanked the Zambians who voted for him.
- New Focus Party candidate Richwell Siamunene has also congratulated President Hichilema.
Four opposition presidential candidates who participated in the 13 August general election have conceded defeat and congratulated President Hakainde Hichilema for emerging victorious.
Organised People’s Party (OPP) presidential candidate Brian Mushimba says Zambians have spoken, and that he respects their decision. In a statement to ZNBC News, Dr Mushimba also congratulated President Hichilema, wishing him wisdom, strength and courage as he assumes the responsibility of leading the country for the next five years.
Democratic Union Party President Ackim Njobvu says President Hichilema’s win is a victory for every patriotic Zambian. Mr Njobvu has called on the President to continue uniting the country.
Leadership President Richard Silumbe has also congratulated President Hichilema for his landslide victory. Dr Silumbe thanked the Zambians who voted for him during the election.
New Focus Party (NFP) presidential candidate Richwell Siamunene has also congratulated President Hichilema on the victory.
The race they conceded
The Electoral Commission of Zambia declared President Hichilema the winner of the 13 August poll with about 61.5% of the vote against Brian Mundubile’s 38.5%, handing him a second five-year term without the need for a runoff.
The four conceding candidates finished behind the two frontrunners. What the concession list does not yet include is a message from Mundubile himself, the candidate against whom the election was decided. The election period included a brief nationwide suspension of counting and opposition allegations around election-night arrests, and whether the main challenger accepts the result will do much to set the political temperature of the new term.
The concessions join a growing list of post-election congratulations to the President, including from the Emoluments Commission and the teachers’ union ZUPED.
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- Emoluments Commission Congratulates President-Elect
- ECZ Chairperson to Address the Nation Today Amid Zambia’s Election Results Process
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