Sydney Chisanga (born 3 October 1970)Sydney Chisanga National Assembly of Zambia is a Zambian politician. He served as Member of the
National Assembly
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for
Mkushi South
Mkushi South is a constituency of the National Assembly (Zambia), National Assembly of Zambia. It covers the towns of Chafung, Chingobe and Mboroma in Luano District of Central Province, Zambia, Central Province.2006 general elections as the Movement for Multi-Party Democracy (MMD) candidate in Mkushi South. He was elected to the National Assembly with a 3,778 majority. He was subsequently appointed Minister for Central Province. However, he was removed from his post by President Levy Mwanawasa in October 2007.
Chisanga was re-elected in the 2011 general elections with a 2,353 majority. However, losing candidate
Davies Chisopa
Davies Chisopa (born 23 June 1973)Davies Chisopa National Assembly of Zambia is a Zambian politician. He is cu ...
contested the results at the Supreme Court, claiming there had been electoral malpractice. The Supreme Court annulled the results and a
by-election
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was held on 11 September 2014, in which Chisopa was elected to the National Assembly after defeating Chisanga by 810 votes.
Chisanga contested Mkushi South again in the 2016 general elections as the
United Party for National Development
The United Party for National Development (UPND) is a social liberal political party in Zambia, led by Hakainde Hichilema, the current president of the country. The party is an observer member of the Africa Liberal Network.
History
The UPND was ...