Sydney Chisanga
Member of the National Assembly for Mkushi South
In office
2006–2014
Preceded byAbel Chambeshi
Succeeded byDavies Chisopa
Minister for Central Province
In office
2006–2007
Succeeded byAdamson Banda
Personal details
Born (1970-10-03) 3 October 1970
Political partyMMD, UPND
ProfessionBusinessman

Sydney Chisanga (born 3 October 1970)[1] is a Zambian politician. He served as Member of the National Assembly for Mkushi South from 2006 until 2014.

Biography

Chisanga contested the 2006 general elections as the Movement for Multi-Party Democracy (MMD) candidate in Mkushi South. He was elected to the National Assembly with a 3,778 majority.[2] He was subsequently appointed Minister for Central Province.[3] However, he was removed from his post by President Levy Mwanawasa in October 2007.[4]

Chisanga was re-elected in the 2011 general elections with a 2,353 majority.[5] However, losing candidate Davies Chisopa contested the results at the Supreme Court, claiming there had been electoral malpractice. The Supreme Court annulled the results and a by-election was held on 11 September 2014, in which Chisopa was elected to the National Assembly after defeating Chisanga by 810 votes.[6]

Chisanga contested Mkushi South again in the 2016 general elections as the United Party for National Development candidate, losing to Chiposa by just 97 votes.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Sydney Chisanga National Assembly of Zambia
  2. ↑ 2006 parliamentary results Electoral Commission of Zambia
  3. ↑ Flashback: Full cabinet appointed by the late president Levy Patrick Mwanawasa in October, 2006 Zambian Observer, 12 June 2017
  4. ↑ Salivaji, Chisanga Dropped Times of Zambia, 17 October 2007
  5. ↑ 2011 National Assembly election results Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine Electoral Commission of Zambia
  6. ↑ Mkushi South candidates unveil blueprints Daily Mail, 24 June 2016
  7. ↑ Candidate results for Mkushi South Electoral Commission of Zambia
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