Lungu's Patriotic Front also won a majority in the National Assembly for the first time, winning 80 of the 156 elected seats.

Edgar Lungu beat Hakainde Hichilema of the United Party for National Development by just 27,757 votes and the opposition has yet to accept the credibility of the election.

[13] As a result of the violence, the Election Commission suspended campaigning in Lusaka and Namwala for ten days, and the ban on the newspaper was lifted on 18 July.

[14] However, on 23 June the government started taking action against The Post for unpaid taxes of around $6 million; the newspaper denied the claim saying the issue was still being discussed in court.

[15][16] On 20 July Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba, the vice president of the UPND, was arrested along with several party officials with the accusation that they were trying to start a private militia.

Parties opposed the move as printing the ballot papers outside Africa was expensive to verify and increased the chance of electoral fraud.

[23] Results announced by the Electoral Commission on 15 August showed Edgar Lungu winning the presidential election with slightly more than 50% of the vote, ahead of his only major competitor, Hakainde Hichilema, who received almost 48%.

[30] The UPND filled a petition to the constitutional court over the recount of votes in Lusaka as major irregularities were reported from the city.

[31] Lungu, who could only be inaugurated seven days after being proclaimed the victor, held a celebratory rally on 16 August for his re-election that secured him another five-year term.