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No, the number of registered voters for 2021 was 7 023 499, not more than 18 million

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The 18 Million mentioned by Bowman Lusambo was Zambia’s estimated population for 2020 at Mid-year not the 2021 registered voters. The number of persons who registered to vote in the 2021 General Elections was 7 023 499 according to ECZ

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Verified Nov, 10 2021

Claim

On November 1st, 2021, Zambian Landscape published a video in which Patriotic Front Kabushi Constituency Member of Parliament Bowman Lusambo claimed that the number of people the Patriotic Front Government governed at the time of elections was more than eighteen million (18 000 000) and the people registered were more than that.

Rating Justification

The fact-checking process has determined as false, the claim by Bowman Lusambo that there were more than Eighteen Million registered voters in the 2021 General Elections. According to United Nations (UN) Population Division data, the 18 million (18 000 000) persons Bowman Lusambo mentioned was the estimated population of Zambia in 2020 at mid-year, and this number includes all Zambian citizens, not just registered voters. The number of persons who registered to vote in the 2021 General Elections was 7 023 499, according to the Electoral Commission of Zambia’s official list of 2021 registered voters.

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