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Africa-Press<\/a> – Zambia<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>The Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) has expressed sadness at the isolated incidents of political violence that were recorded in some parts of the country yesterday, resulting in two deaths.<\/p>\n

ECZ Chief Electoral Officer, Kryticous Shindano has since called on Zambians across the country to remain calm and peaceful as the country awaits election results.<\/p>\n

Patriotic Front (PF) chairman for Northwestern province, Jackson Kungo and a brother to Northwestern province Permanent Secretary, Emmanuel Chihili, were killed yesterday by suspected opposition political party members.<\/p>\n

In a briefing at Mulungushi International Conference Centre, which is a national totaling centre, Mr. Shindano also announced that there were people that were still voting in some polling stations that at midnight.<\/p>\n

He said these are places where polling stations delayed to open due to some challenges. He said as a result, the polling stations extended voting beyond 18 hours, which is a stipulated time for closing voting.<\/p>\n

Mr. Shindano said the next briefing at the national totaling centre will be at 10:00hours this morning. Yesterday, Zambians flocked to polling stations to vote in the presidential, parliamentary, mayoral, council chairperson and local government elections. There are a total of 7,023,499 registered voters in Zambia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Zambia. The Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) has expressed sadness at the isolated incidents of political violence that were recorded in some parts of the country yesterday, resulting in two deaths. 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