{"id":4127,"date":"2021-09-30T16:11:15","date_gmt":"2021-09-30T16:11:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.elections.org.zm\/?p=4127"},"modified":"2021-09-30T16:32:43","modified_gmt":"2021-09-30T16:32:43","slug":"commencement-of-campaigns-for-national-assembly-and-local-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.elections.org.zm\/?p=4127","title":{"rendered":"Commencement of Campaigns for National Assembly and Local Government"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"text-align:right\">30th &nbsp;September, 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>PUBLIC NOTICE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>(For immediate release)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>COMMENCEMENT OF CAMPAIGNS FOR NATIONAL ASSEMBLY AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Notice is hereby given that campaigns for the following National Assembly and Local Government elections will commence on <strong><sup>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/sup>30<sup>th<\/sup> September, 2021<\/strong> and end on <strong>20<sup>th<\/sup> October, 2021<\/strong>.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Constituency Election <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<table class=\"wp-block-table\"><tbody><tr><td>\n  <strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>\n  <\/td><td>\n  <strong>PROVINCE<\/strong>\n  <\/td><td>\n  <strong>DISTRICT<\/strong>\n  <\/td><td>\n  <strong>CONSTITUENCY<\/strong>\n  <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n  <strong>1<\/strong>\n  <\/td><td>\n  Eastern\n  <\/td><td>\n  Petauke\n  <\/td><td>\n  Kaumbwe\n  <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Council Chairperson Elections<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<table class=\"wp-block-table\"><tbody><tr><td>\n  <strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>\n  <\/td><td>\n  <strong>PROVINCE<\/strong>\n  <\/td><td>\n  <strong>DISTRICT<\/strong>\n  <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n  <strong>1<\/strong>\n  <\/td><td>\n  Central\n  <\/td><td>\n  Chisamba\n  <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n  <strong>2<\/strong>\n  <\/td><td>\n  Eastern\n  <\/td><td>\n  Lusangazi\n  <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ward Elections<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<table class=\"wp-block-table\"><tbody><tr><td>\n  <strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>\n  <\/td><td>\n  <strong>PROVINCE<\/strong>\n  <\/td><td>\n  <strong>DISTRICT<\/strong>\n  <\/td><td>\n  <strong>CONSTITUENCY<\/strong>\n  <\/td><td>\n  <strong>WARD NAME<\/strong>\n  <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n  <strong>1<\/strong>\n  <\/td><td>\n  Copperbelt\n  <\/td><td>\n  Masaiti\n  <\/td><td>\n  Masaiti\n  <\/td><td>\n  Kamifungo\n  <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n  <strong>2<\/strong>\n  <\/td><td>\n  Luapula\n  <\/td><td>\n  Mwansabombwe\n  <\/td><td>\n  Mwansabombwe\n  <\/td><td>\n  Lufubu\n  <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n  <strong>3<\/strong>\n  <\/td><td>\n  N\/Western \n  <\/td><td>\n  Mushindamo\n  <\/td><td>\n  Solwezi East\n  <\/td><td>\n  Kalilele\n  <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n  <strong>4<\/strong>\n  <\/td><td>\n  Southern\n  <\/td><td>\n  Zimba\n  <\/td><td>\n  Mapatizya\n  <\/td><td>\n  Mulamfu\n  <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n<p>The Electoral Commission of Zambia set Thursday, 30<sup>th<\/sup> September, 2021 as the date on which to conduct fresh nominations for the said elections as a result of death of aspiring candidates in the affected Constituency, districts and wards before the 12<sup>th<\/sup> August, 2021 polls. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\nCommission is engaging participating political parties and candidates to draw the\ncampaign timetables across the affected constituency, districts and wards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\nCommission wishes to remind stakeholders that these elections are being held in\na very unusual period amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. Stakeholders\nare therefore expected to adhere to the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)\ndeveloped by the Technical Committee on mainstreaming of COVID-19 prevention\nmeasures in the 2021 election calendar <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\nCommission further reminds political stakeholders to adhere to the Electoral\nCode of Conduct as they conduct campaigns. Non-adherence to the Electoral Code\nof Conduct will attract sanctions accordingly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\nCommission would like to encourage all political players to avoid violence, be\ntolerant and promote coexistence as these are some of the key ingredients of a\nmaturing democracy and the conduct of peaceful elections.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\nCommission wishes to remind all political players that violence undermines the\ncredibility of an election and calls on the leadership to prevail over their\nsupporters<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>For any\nclarification, please contact the Corporate Affairs Department on 0211 252208\nor the District Electoral Officers in the respective districts.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Patricia Luhanga<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Corporate Affairs Manager<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>For\/The Chief Electoral Officer<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ELECTORAL COMMISSION OF ZAMBIA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Download Pdf of the <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1gzdaiG7FtsSq1s5y6ELUB_IISClclmz4\/view?usp=sharing\">Statement here<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Notice is hereby given that campaigns for the following National Assembly and Local Government elections will commence on   30th September, 2021 and end on 20th October, 2021.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elections.org.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elections.org.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elections.org.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elections.org.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elections.org.zm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4127"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.elections.org.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4127\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4131,"href":"https:\/\/www.elections.org.zm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4127\/revisions\/4131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elections.org.zm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elections.org.zm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elections.org.zm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}