The second was the defeat of the ruling MMD after clocking 20 years in power and only three years in office of the incumbent president Rupiah Banda who lost to PF’s Michael Sata at his fourth attempt at the presidency.
Tukio la pili lilikuwa ni kushindwa kwa chama tawala cha MMD baada ya kutimiza miaka 20 madarakani na miaka mitatu tu katika ofisi rais aliyekuwepo Rupiah Banda ambaye alishindwa na Michael Sata wa PF ambaye alikuwa katika jaribio lake la nne kugombea urais.