赞比亚将于本周四举行总统选举，约800万注册选民将参与投票。[1]现任总统哈奇莱玛寻求获得第二个五年任期的连任机会。[1]这位64岁的前金融服务高管自2021年首次当选以来，主导了赞比亚的债务重组工作，国家已重组超过120亿美元债务。[1]同时他承诺将赞比亚的铜产量提升至每年300万公吨。[1]
反对派方面，55岁的法学毕业生布莱恩·蒙杜比莱领导反对党联盟Tonse Alliance，成为哈奇莱玛的主要竞争对手，他于今年1月成为该联盟的领导人。[1]本次总统选举采用"50%加1"制，候选人需获得绝对多数才能当选，否则将进行第二轮投票。[1]
Zambia will conduct a presidential election this week, with approximately 8 million registered voters participating [1]. The incumbent president, 64-year-old Hakainde Hichilema, is seeking a second five-year term following his initial election in 2021 [1]. His main challenger is Brian Mundubile, a 55-year-old law graduate who leads the opposition Tonse Alliance coalition and assumed that leadership role in January [1].
Since taking office, Hichilema has guided Zambia through significant economic restructuring, renegotiating more than $12 billion in debt following the country's 2020 sovereign default [1]. His administration has also worked to control inflation and stabilize the national currency [1]. Among his key policy commitments is a pledge to increase copper production to 3 million metric tons annually [1]. The election will use a "50 percent plus one" system, requiring a candidate to secure an absolute majority to win outright; if no candidate achieves this threshold, a runoff vote will be held [1].