ELECTORAL AND POLITICAL VIOLENCE IN ZAMBIA

The aim of this study was to examine electoral and political violence in Munali Constituency of Lusaka District in Zambia. The objectives of the study were to examine the factors that cause electoral and political violence in democratic settings like Zambia, to describe the effects of electoral violence on political participation and to recommend alternative solutions to minimize or end political violence. The study was informed by deepening intensity with which violence germinates and multiplies before, during and after presidential and parliamentary electioneering campaigns in the constituency.