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to allow him to stand for a third term, Michael Sata thought he would be endorsed as the MMD presidential candidate. The answer was given in 2001 when Chiluba noted that none of those (including Sata) who were in his government at the time were capable of winning the elections. At a
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saw a reversal of the 2008 result, with Sata beating Banda by a margin of 42% to 35%. The PF also became the largest party in the National Assembly, winning 60 of the 150 seats. However, Sata died in office in October 2014. Vice-President
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In the lead up to the 2021 general election, Amnesty International publicly raised concerns about the violation of civil liberties, crackdowns on dissent and police killings while the party held political power.
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and has been a member of the Socialist International as a consultative party. Its political position is considered center-left.
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got 2,852,348 votes. The PF once again became the largest opposition party, winning 60 of the 156 parliamentary seats.
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was selected as the party's candidate, and won the election with 48% of the vote.
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The Patriotic Front was formed as a political party in 2001. In 2000, after
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elections the party received 2.8% of the vote, winning a single seat.
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Sata was again the party's presidential candidate in the
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