Voting in the Solwezi Central Constituency Parliamentary by-election started at a slow pace this morning.
A random check by ZANIS at five polling stations found no queues as a few people were casting their votes freely.
At Kamakonde polling station in Mushitala, 89 people out of a total of 1, 202 registered voters had cast their votes by 08: 46 hours while Kimale polling station had recorded 110 out of 1, 832 registered voters as at 09:02 hours.
ZANIS also found that 150 people had cast their votes out of the 1,900 registered voters at Kikombe polling station as at 09:15 hours while at Kyankwakwa polling station at Solwezi basic school 130 people had cast their votes out of the 1,310 registered voters.
A check at the two Kandundu polling strings at Community revealed that 297 people had cast their votes out of 3,198 registered voters as at 09:42 hours.
The polling stations which opened at 06:00hrs this morning are expected to close at 18:00 hours.
The Solwezi central parliamentary seat fell vacant following the death of area Member of Parliament (MP) Benny Tetamashimba.
The seat is being contested by MMD candidate Albert Chifita, Watson Lumba on the PF/UPND pact, Mohammed Kalela of FDA and Thomas Kafula who is contesting as an independent candidate.
ZANIS
MMD is behind by 50 votes.
the pact is ahead by 5000 votes
Ba Ghostrider … nishani ma fear so. lets wait and seeeee
MMD is leading by 500 votes by press time (14:00hrs), seconded by the independent candidate, PF packet, kaya mwandi!
imwe ba f i color those chaps are still voting which ends 18:00 then they count! Please see your comments tommrrow morning pf bbbastrds
No. five RB you should have respect. Don’t insult any how, Tizakugwila ka! Now apologise before us all.
ba fi colour ba mmd shut up your mouths. maka maka…. MMD yawa!
Apologise chi RB. Not even your hule Dora could do anything to sway voters
Ok! am out. Ba swine mwachilamo insele
viva pact..we are getting da seat ..mudidi walalalala!!
Good boys uko ku Solwezi. At least there is no report of violence….. (yet?). Keep it this way
Mr RB why expossing your cadrelism manners here without shame? anyway it is a true character of MMD kleptocratic behaviour? stop insulting us and get a life mwana!
Interesting turn out, why so low turn up of voters? Are they fearing to be beaten by MMD hooligans???
Latest on Solwezi polls(as @ 17:00hrs zedian time) : MMD leading by about 3,500 votes followed by hopeless PACT.
hah hah hah heh heh heh he heh ,winazalila lelo!
I presume these are exit polls….
Ok twaVota pali Pact, we now await the results!
Chi RB mouse saturn neo call.
is there any lates news coming from solwezi yet?
they exchanged voters their cards with fertilizer.
Good luck to all candidates. This is the true reflection of democracy.
bonse mwebaletukana banyinenwe ind iki.muichindike elo nshilafukwa.
MDIDIDI is losing in solwezi.viva pact. R B na ba kontwe bobe f@@ck ya asses you election riggerz.Mwanya 1 day fikachitika & you will cry monga chi UNIP.
VIVA the PF/UPND!!! Viva LUMBA! mmd go and do your home! Why do people want change? mmd what have you done for the people of Zambia?
BREAKING NEWS!the MMD has lost the solwezi seat 2 the opposition PF/UPND pact.the pacts candidate watson lumba polled 5659 and MMDs candidate polled 4467 votes. Another Litmus test for the pact. Next is to bring along mpombo, magande and masebo to the pact.
Twasata bingi mwane for you people of Solwezi rejecting the MMD and congrats to Lumba of PF UNIDP PACT for scoopingn Solwezi Central by 5450 against 4350 MMD we now waiting for Namwala or Kafulafuta.
#5 Where is that i.d.i.o.t RB he was busy insulting us yesterday when we told him the MMD was losing. He can go to hell twice. chi colour yourself RB (the blogger)! VIVA PACT VIVA!!!!!!!!!!!!