Presidential Elections 2008
Following the sudden death of Levy Mwanawasa on the 19th of August 2008 due to a stroke, early presidential elections were held in which the candidate for Movement for Multi-Party Democracy, Rupiah Banda, won with 40.09% of the national vote, narrowly defeating Michael Sata of the Patriotic Front who received 38.13% of the national vote, by a margin of just 1.96%.
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