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]
2014 Elections
President
Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
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Peter Mutharika | Democratic Progressive Party | 1,904,399 | 36.4 |
Lazarus Chakwera | Malawi Congress Party | 1,455,880 | 27.8 |
Joyce Banda | People's Party | 1,056,236 | 20.2 |
Atupele Muluzi | United Democratic Front | 717,224 | 13.7 |
Kamuzu Chibambo | People's Transformation Party | 19,360 | 0.4 |
Mark Katsonga | Progressive Party Movement | 15,830 | 0.3 |
John Chisi | Umodzi Party | 12,048 | 0.2 |
George Nnesa | Tisinthe Alliance | 11,042 | 0.2 |
James Nyondo | National Salvation Front | 10,623 | 0.2 |
Hellen Singh | United Independent Party | 9,668 | 0.2 |
Friday Jumbe | Labour Party | 8,819 | 0.2 |
Davis Katsonga | Chipani cha Pfuko | 7,454 | 0.1 |
Invalid/blank votes | 56,695 | – | |
Total | 5,285,278 | 100 | |
Registered voters/turnout | 7,470,806 | 70.7 | |
Source: MEC |
National Assembly
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
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Democratic Progressive Party | 1,133,402 | 21.98 | 51 | –63 |
People's Party | 935,994 | 18.15 | 26 | New |
Malawi Congress Party | 895,659 | 17.37 | 48 | +22 |
United Democratic Front | 496,765 | 9.63 | 14 | –3 |
Progressive Party Movement | 33,817 | 0.66 | 0 | 0 |
Alliance for Democracy | 31,907 | 0.62 | 1 | 0 |
United Independent Party | 24,132 | 0.47 | 0 | New |
National Salvation Front | 19,616 | 0.38 | 0 | New |
Nthanda Congress Party | 16,497 | 0.32 | 0 | New |
New Rainbow Coalition | 14,091 | 0.27 | 0 | 0 |
Chipani cha Pfuko | 10,545 | 0.20 | 1 | New |
New Labour Party | 4,473 | 0.09 | 0 | New |
Umodzi Party | 3,145 | 0.06 | 0 | New |
Malawi Forum for Unity and Development | 2,814 | 0.05 | 0 | –1 |
People's Transformation Party | 2,746 | 0.05 | 0 | 0 |
Maravi People's Party | 733 | 0.01 | 0 | –1 |
People's Democratic Movement | 471 | 0.01 | 0 | New |
Independents | 1,530,485 | 29.68 | 52 | +20 |
Invalid/blank votes | 74,889 | – | – | – |
Total | 5,232,181 | 100 | 193 | – |
Registered voters/turnout | 7,448,247 | 70.25 | – | – |
Source: MEC, MEC |
Previous Elections
Referendums
Elections
- 2020 Malawian general election
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
- Cabinet of Malawi, Past cabinets of Malawi
- Politics of Malawi
- List of Malawian political parties
- Electoral calendar
- Electoral system
References
- "Malawi anxiously awaits verdict on alleged presidential election fraud". rfi.fr. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
- "Malawi top court annuls presidential election results". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
External links
- Adam Carr's Election Archive
- African Elections Database
- International academic conference on the 2009 General Elections
- Video Documentary on Malawi's 2009 General Elections