 Late in the afternoon of 2 October, the Zambian Electoral Commission announced that Mwanawasa had officially won the election with 43% of the vote; Sata took second place with 29% and Hichilema took third place with 25%.He was sworn in for another term on 3 October.The total electorate was 3,941,229 and 2,789,114 votes were cast of which 48,936 were spoilt.