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Now the Real Work Begins: Nearly Half of Zambia’s Voters Are Young
The votes have been counted. The results are in, the inauguration of the elected president being underway. Zambia has a government for the next term, and the campaign posters are already coming down. But before we move on to the next news cycle, it’s worth sitting with a number that mattered more than any single name on a ballot paper. According to the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ), of the 8,786,300 Zambians registered to vote in the 2026 election, 4,066,423, that is, 46.3%, were young people between the age of 18 and 35. That is not a youth “segment” of the electorate. That was close to half of it. That number didn’t disappear when the polling stations closed. If anything, it matters more now. What this election proved For years, young people have been talked about as the future of Zambian politics, the generation to “prepare” for leadership, to “empower,” to
Now the Real Work Begins: Nearly Half of Zambia’s Voters Are Young
The votes have been counted. The results are in, the inauguration of the elected president being underway. Zambia has a government for the next term, and the campaign posters are already coming down. But before we move on to the next news cycle, it’s worth sitting with a number that mattered more than any single name on a ballot paper. According to the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ), of the 8,786,300 Zambians registered to vote in the 2026 election, 4,066,423, that is, 46.3%, were young people between the age of 18 and 35. That is not a youth “segment” of the electorate. That was close to half of it. That number didn’t disappear when the polling stations closed. If anything, it matters more now. What this election proved For years, young people have been talked about as the future of Zambian politics, the generation to “prepare” for leadership, to “empower,” to
