20/08/2026
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The Christian Churches Monitoring Group (CCMG) employed the Process and Results Verification for Transparency (PRVT) methodology and deployed 1,500 stationary observers to a nationally representative sample of polling stations in every province, district and constituency on Election Day.
Based on polling station results from 1,491 of 1,500 (99.4%) sampled polling stations, the PRVT estimates:
๐ณVoter turnout at 53.5% +/- 0.6%, a significant decrease from 70.6% in 2021.
๐ณPresident Hakainde Hichilema (UPND) at 56.0% +/- 1.7%.
๐ณBrian Mundubile (NRPUP) at 42.3% +/- 1.7%.
๐ณAll other candidates at at most 0.5% each.
๐ณRejected ballots at 2.8% +/- 0.1%.
The PRVT estimates clearly show that President Hichilema received the most presidential votes and more than the 50% threshold.
However, the official results for turnout, President Hichilema and Mundubile do not fall within the PRVT estimated range. This is because in 30 constituencies identified by the PRVT as problematic, the official turnout is well outside the upper limit of the PRVT estimate due to increased votes for UPND.
For the 30 problematic constituencies, the average change in turnout from 2021 was +6%, while for the remaining 196 constituencies it was -15%.
Importantly, the variances identified do not alter the overall outcome of the presidential election, but they merit further review, particularly given the implications for the allocation of proportional representation seats.
CCMG calls on the ECZ to immediately make public all 226 โRecord of Proceeding at the Totalling of Votesโ for the presidential and constituency-based parliamentary elections, and to publish images of the GEN20 forms for all 13,529 polling stations.
The ECZ, in consultation with political parties and civil society organisations, should determine an appropriate and expeditious way forward to ensure that official results reflect the actual ballots cast by voters on Election Day.
CCMG calls on all political parties and candidates to remain calm, conduct themselves peacefully and seek redress through legal processes.
These have been extremely challenging elections. Transparent, inclusive and technically-sound electoral and regulatory reforms will be required to improve Zambiaโs electoral processes.
CCMG calls for all Zambians to remain calm and peaceful.
God Bless Zambia!
Read full statement here:// https://t.ly/k8zJ1
โ๏ธ Christian Churches Monitoring Group - CCMG
