Miles Sampa is new Lusaka Mayor amidst poll apathy
By Staff Reporter
Miles Sampa is new Lusaka Mayor after polling 81,936 votes amidst apathy in the mayoral by-election conducted on Thursday.
The election was characterised by heavy apathy, recording only about 25 percent of the total registered voters in Lusaka district.
Opposition’s Kangwa Chileshe came second with about 36,753 votes followed by Mundia Mukubesa of the People’s Alliance for Change who polled 7,741 while Saboi Imboela of the National Democratic Congress got 2,645 votes.
Sampa’s total number of votes is only representative of registered number of voters in constituencies such as Mandevu.
The Lusaka mayoral seat fell vacant following the death of Wilson Kalumba.
Following are results by constituency:
Chawama – PF10,361 upnd 3,900
Kabwata – PF 9,166 upnd 5,628
Kanyama – PF 9,617 upnd 7,109
Lusaka central – PF 7,565 upnd 4,663
Matero – PF 17,012 upnd 4,600
Munali – PF 12,717 upnd 6,636
Mandevu – PF 15,566 upnd 4517
