Zambians are voting in a tense election that the president and his main rival have said is a test of the southern African country’s reputation as a stable democracy.
Voters wait in a queue at a polling station during the elections in Lusaka, Zambia, Thursday, Aug. 12, 2021. President Edgar Lungu, 64, and the 59-year old businessman Hakainde Hichilema are frontrunners in a field of 16 presidential candidates. National Assembly and local government seats are also being contested.
President Edgar Lungu is counting winning votes on his record of infrastructure developments, mainly Chinese-funded, and the distribution of agricultural inputs such as seeds and fertilizers to millions of farmers. However, his chances could be hurt by a debilitating economic tailspin. Lungu, who came to power in 2015, cast his ballot in the capital, Lusaka.He urged people “to come and vote and go back home and stay and wait patiently and peacefully for the outcome.
“The elections should result in a change of government,” he told reporters on the eve of the elections. He is hoping that hardships brought by the sharp slide of the country’s once-growing economy will push Zambians to vote for change.Analysts say like previous contests between the two men in 2015 and 2016, this vote will be closely fought.
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