The Electoral Commission of Zambia is an independent and autonomous Electoral Management Body (EMB) that is governed and regulated by the following pieces of legislation:

• The Constitution of Zambia, 1991; Particularly Part III (Bill of Rights) and Article 79.
• The Constitution of Zambia (Amendment) Act,2016
• The Electoral Process Act No.35 2016, (This Act also contains the Electoral Code of Conduct in the SCHEDULE section of the same Act;
• The Electoral Commission Act No.25 of 2016;
• Referendum Amendment Act No.25 of 2015
• Various statutory instruments made to regulate the electoral process, such as the Electoral (General) regulations (Under Review) and the Electoral (registration of voters) regulations.
• Electoral process: General Regulations ( Part:1 ) ( Part:2 )