members and allies such as former finance minister Felix Mutati, lawyer Kevin Bwalya Fube and Charles Milupi among others. After 3 months of official campaigns that were briefly suspended first voluntarily upon the death of Zambia's first President Kenneth Kuanda in June, and then on instruction from the electoral authority due to incidents of political violence in the Lusaka, Mpulungu, Nakonde and Namwala districts Hichilema and Nalumango were elected President-Elect and Vice President-Elect with 59.02% of the vote. Therefore, with 2,852,348 votes and a 20.31% margin from the runner-up candidates (Edgar Lungu and Nkandu Luo) it is the largest vote share any presidential election has seen since the 1996 General Election where Zambia's second president Fredrick Chiluba won with 72.59% of the vote leaving a 59.84% margin from his closest opponent. Youth representation The UPND has a youth league, the UPND Youth League formed to mobilise youth concerns. It represents young people from across Zambia. The party has signed a social contract with the youths making it the first political party in Africa to have a youthful agenda. Electoral history Presidential elections National Assembly elections References Further reading Political parties in Zambia Political parties established in 1998 Liberal parties in Africa 1998 establishments in Zambia Liberal International