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{{Infobox Election
| election_name     = Zambian General election, 2001
| country           = Zambia
| type              = presidential
| ongoing           = no
| previous_election = Zambian general election, 1996
| previous_year     = 1996
| next_election     = Zambian general election, 2006
| next_year         = 2006
| election_date     = 27 December 2001
| votes_for_election= 2,604,761 registered voters
| turnout           = 67.81%
| image1            = [[File:Levy Mwanawasa.jpg|103px]]
| nominee1          = [[Levy Mwanawasa]]
| party1            = Movement for Multi-Party Democracy
| popular_vote1     = 506,694
| percentage1       = 28.69
| swing1            = {{increase}} 14.1%
| image2            = [[File:MAZOKA.JPG|103px]]
| nominee2          = [[Anderson Mazoka]]
| party2            = United Party for National Development
| popular_vote2     = 472,697
| percentage2       = 26.76
| title             = President
| before_election   = [[Frederick Chiluba]]
| before_party      = Movement for Multi-Party Democracy
| after_election    = [[Levy Mwanawasa]]
| after_party       = Movement for Multi-Party Democracy
}}

'''General elections''' were held in [[Zambia]] on 27 December 2001 to elect a [[President of Zambia|President]] and [[National Assembly of Zambia|National Assembly]]. The result was a victory for the ruling [[Movement for Multi-Party Democracy]], which won 69 of the 150 National Assembly seats and whose candidate, [[Levy Mwanawasa]], won the presidential vote.

The results of the elections were disputed by main opposition parties, including the [[United Party for National Development]], which many observers claimed had won the elections.<ref>[http://www.africaliberalnetwork.org/newsletter_item.aspx?i_PageID=1420&i_NewsID=24 Zambia's Fourth Democratic Elections: A Country of Minority Governments] Africa Liberal Network</ref> Both domestic and international election monitors cited serious irregularities with the campaign and election, including vote rigging, flawed voter registration, unequal and biased media coverage, and the MMD's improper use of state resources. In January 2002, three opposition candidates petitioned the Supreme Court to overturn Mwanawasa's victory. While the court agreed that the poll was flawed, it ruled in February 2005 that the irregularities did not affect the results and declined the petition.<ref>[http://www.freedomhouse.org/inc/content/pubs/fiw/inc_country_detail.cfm?year=2006&country=7091&pf Freedom in the World&nbsp;– Zambia (2006)] Freedom House</ref>

==Results==
===President===
{| class=wikitable style=text-align:right
!Candidates
!Party/Coalition
!Votes
!%
|-
|align=left|[[Levy Mwanawasa]]||align=left|[[Movement for Multiparty Democracy]]||506,694||29.15
|-
|align=left|[[Anderson Mazoka]]||align=left|[[United Party for National Development]]||472,697||27.20
|-
|align=left|[[Christon Tembo]]||align=left|[[Forum for Democracy and Development]]||228,861||13.17
|-
|align=left|[[Tilyenji Kaunda]]||align=left|[[United National Independence Party]]||175,898||10.12
|-
|align=left|[[Godfrey Miyanda]]||align=left|[[Heritage Party (Zambia)|Heritage Party]]||140,678||8.09
|-
|align=left|[[Benjamin Mwila]]||align=left|[[Zambia Republican Party]]||85,472||4.92
|-
|align=left|[[Michael Sata]]||align=left|[[Patriotic Front (Zambia)|Patriotic Front]]||59,172||3.40
|-
|align=left|[[Nevers Mumba]]||align=left|[[National Citizens' Coalition]]||38,860||2.24
|-
|align=left|[[Gwendoline Konie]]||align=left|Social Democratic Party||10,253||0.59
|-
|align=left|[[Inonge Mbikusita-Lewanika]]||align=left|[[Agenda for Zambia]]||9,882||0.57
|-
|align=left|[[Yobert K. Shamapande]]||align=left|National Leadership for Development||9,481||0.55
|-
|align=left colspan=2|Invalid/blank votes||28,408||–
|-
|align=left colspan=2|'''Total'''||'''1,766,356'''||'''100'''
|-
|align=left colspan=2|Registered voters/turnout||2,604,761||67.81
|-
|colspan=4 align=left|Source: [https://eisa.org.za/wep/zam2001resultsp.htm EISA]
|}

===National Assembly===
{| class=wikitable style=text-align:right
!Party
!Votes
!%
!Seats
!+/–
|-
|align=left|[[Movement for Multi-Party Democracy]]||490,680||28.02||69||–62
|-
|align=left|[[United Party for National Development]]||416,236||23.77||49||New
|-
|align=left|[[Forum for Democracy and Development]]||272,817||15.58||12||New
|-
|align=left|[[United National Independence Party]]||185,535||10.59||13||+13
|-
|align=left|[[Heritage Party (Zambia)|Heritage Party]]||132,311||7.55||4||New
|-
|align=left|[[Zambia Republican Party]]||97,010||5.54||1||New
|-
|align=left|[[Patriotic Front (Zambia)|Patriotic Front]]||49,362||2.82||1||New
|-
|align=left|[[National Citizens' Coalition]]||35,632||2.03||0||New
|-
|align=left|[[Zambia Alliance for Progress]]||3,963||0.23||0||–2
|-
|align=left|National Leadership for Development||3,155||0.18||0||New
|-
|align=left|[[Agenda for Zambia]]||2,832||0.16||0||–2
|-
|align=left|[[National Party (Zambia)|National Party]]||1,228||0.07||0||–5
|-
|align=left|Social Democratic Party||809||0.05||0||New
|-
|align=left|Liberal Progressive Front||175||0.01||0||0
|-
|align=left|Zambia United Development Party||138||0.01||0||New
|-
|align=left|Democratic Party||115||0.01||0||New
|-
|align=left|Zambia Progressive Party||19||0||0||New
|-
|align=left|Independents||59,335||3.39||1||–9
|-
|align=left|Presidential appointees||–||–||8||0
|-
|align=left|Appointed speaker||–||–||1||0
|-
|align=left|Invalid/blank votes||34,133||–||–||–
|-
|align=left|'''Total'''||'''1,785,485'''||'''100'''||'''159'''||'''0'''
|-
|align=left|Registered voters/turnout||2,604,761||53.48||–||–
|-
|colspan=5 align=left|Source: [https://eisa.org.za/wep/zam2001results.htm EISA]
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Zambian elections}}

[[Category:Elections in Zambia]]
[[Category:Presidential elections in Zambia]]