Editing Politics of Zambia (section)

===1991: Move to a multiparty state===
Growing opposition to UNIP's monopoly on power led to the rise in 1990 of the [[Movement for Multiparty Democracy]] (MMD). The MMD assembled an increasingly impressive group of important Zambians, including prominent UNIP defectors and labour leaders. During the year, President Kaunda agreed to a referendum on the one-party state but, in the face of continued opposition, dropped the referendum and signed a [[constitutional amendment]] making Zambia a multi-party state. Zambia's first multi-party elections for parliament and the presidency since the 1960s were held on 31 October 1991. MMD candidate [[Frederick Chiluba]] resoundingly carried the presidential election over Kenneth Kaunda with 76% of the vote.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.content.eisa.org.za/old-page/zambia-1991-presidential-election-national-results |title=Zambia: 1991 Presidential election national results &#124; EISA |access-date=2014-07-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714210407/http://www.content.eisa.org.za/old-page/zambia-1991-presidential-election-national-results |archive-date=2014-07-14 }}</ref> To add to the MMD landslide, in the [[parliamentary election]]s the MMD won 125 of the 150 elected seats and UNIP the remaining 25. However, UNIP swept the Eastern Province, gathering 19 of its seats there.