Elections in Malawi

Malawi elects on national level a head of state - the president - and a legislature. The president and the vice-president are elected on one ballot for a five-year term by the people. A simple plurality is required to win; there is no provision for a runoff election. The National Assembly has 193 members, elected for a five-year term in single-seat constituencies. Malawi is a multi-party system, which means that there are multiple parties as well as a number of independent politicians who do not formally associate with any party.

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Malawian citizens who are 18 or over are entitled to vote. Foreign nationals who have lived in Malawi for 7 years can also vote.[1]

Latest elections

2019 Malawian general election

2014 Elections

President
Candidate Party Votes %
Peter MutharikaDemocratic Progressive Party1,904,39936.4
Lazarus ChakweraMalawi Congress Party1,455,88027.8
Joyce BandaPeople's Party1,056,23620.2
Atupele MuluziUnited Democratic Front717,22413.7
Kamuzu ChibamboPeople's Transformation Party19,3600.4
Mark KatsongaProgressive Party Movement15,8300.3
John ChisiUmodzi Party12,0480.2
George NnesaTisinthe Alliance11,0420.2
James NyondoNational Salvation Front10,6230.2
Hellen SinghUnited Independent Party9,6680.2
Friday JumbeLabour Party8,8190.2
Davis KatsongaChipani cha Pfuko7,4540.1
Invalid/blank votes56,695–
Total5,285,278100
Registered voters/turnout7,470,80670.7
Source: MEC

National Assembly
Party Votes % Seats +/–
Democratic Progressive Party1,133,40221.9851–63
People's Party935,99418.1526New
Malawi Congress Party895,65917.3748+22
United Democratic Front496,7659.6314–3
Progressive Party Movement33,8170.6600
Alliance for Democracy31,9070.6210
United Independent Party24,1320.470New
National Salvation Front19,6160.380New
Nthanda Congress Party16,4970.320New
New Rainbow Coalition14,0910.2700
Chipani cha Pfuko10,5450.201New
New Labour Party4,4730.090New
Umodzi Party3,1450.060New
Malawi Forum for Unity and Development2,8140.050–1
People's Transformation Party2,7460.0500
Maravi People's Party7330.010–1
People's Democratic Movement4710.010New
Independents1,530,48529.6852+20
Invalid/blank votes74,889–––
Total5,232,181100193–
Registered voters/turnout7,448,24770.25––
Source: MEC, MEC

Previous Elections

Referendums

Elections

Upcoming Elections

On 3 February 2020, the Constitutional Court of Malawi's judges arrived in Lilongwe to read the disputed presidential election results judgement after travelling in a military vehicle with a heavy police escort. The judges took turns to read the 500-page decision over more than seven hours.[2] The ruling nullified the results of the elections, concluding they had been rigged and not free and fair. The judgement cited rampant cheating, tampering of results and numerous other malpractices. Mutharika was declared not duly elected and thus no longer President. All MPs and councillors were also removed from office. The judges ordered fresh elections be held within 150 days.[3]

See also

References
  2. "Malawi anxiously awaits verdict on alleged presidential election fraud". rfi.fr. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  3. "Malawi top court annuls presidential election results". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 3 February 2020.


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