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2025 Malawian general election

16 September 2025
Presidential election
 2020
Registered7,203,390
Turnout76.39% (Increase 11.58 pp)
 
Candidate Peter Mutharika Lazarus Chakwera
Party DPP MCP
Running mate Jane Ansah Vitumbiko Mumba
Popular vote 3,035,249 1,765,170
Percentage 56.76% 33.01%

President before election

Lazarus Chakwera
Malawi Congress Party

Elected President

Peter Mutharika
DPP

Legislative election
 2019

All 229 seats in the National Assembly
115 seats needed for a majority
Chipani Mlongozgi Last election
DPP Peter Mutharika 62
MCP Lazarus Chakwera 55
UDF Atupele Muluzi 10
PP Joyce Banda 5
UTM Dalitso Kabambe 4
AFORD Enoch Chihana 1
Independents 55
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Ŵandale ŵa Malaŵi ŵakalemba pa 16 September 2025 kuti ŵagwire ntchito ya President, maloboti 229 gha National Assembly na ŵakutemwa mu vyaru vyose 509.[1]

Mbiri ya chiŵeruzo

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Chiŵeruzo ichi nchakujumpha cha chachiŵiri chaka cha malamulo gha phindu la chiŵiri lichitira kuti ŵandale ŵanandi ŵapezge mwayi, lichitira kuti pambere chiŵeruzo cha 2019 cha Malaŵi chibwiyike ndipo pa 2020 chindale cha President chikhalepo icho chizgaŵira ŵanthu lamuliro. Mu July 2024, United Transformation Movement (UTM) yachimbira ku Tonse Alliance, ndipo Malawi Congress Party (MCP) yikaŵa yo yikagwilira pa chiŵeruzo pa njila yikuru.[2]

Njira ya chiŵeruzo

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President wa Malaŵi wakwahlulika na two-round system. Nangauli munthu waliyose wakusankha ŵanthu mu chiŵeruzo chachiŵiri, chindale chikulengeka mu masiku 30. Maloboti gha National Assembly ghakwahlulika mu ŵarendaŵa ŵa nyumba yumoza na first-past-the-post voting.[3]

Mwa maluso gha Malawi Electoral Commission, ŵandale 7.2 miliyoni ŵakalembeka pa masuzgo ghathatu gha ku enrol, na ŵakadzi ŵaŵa ŵakalembedwa 57% ya ŵandale.[4] Pa 65%, ŵandale awo ŵali na ulemu wakulondezga ŵakalembeka pang’ono ku cha 80% cha 2019.[5]

Vyaparty na mafumu

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Ŵanthu ŵa kukwaska chiŵeruzo

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Kampeni yikayamba pa 14 July 2025 ku Bingu International Conference Centre (BICC) ku Lilongwe, na yikamalira pa 14 September, masabata ghaŵiri pambere chiŵeruzo cha 16 September 2025.[16]

Mafumbo gha President

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Taskforce ya Presidential Debates, yikachitira mwa MISA Malawi, yikaphalira debates na National Democratic Institute. First debate yikachitika pa 21 August 2025 ku BICC na ku broadcast nationwide.[17] Debate ya second yikapangwa pa 9 September 2025. Ŵanthu ŵakuru, kusazgapo President Lazarus Chakwera na wakale President Peter Mutharika, aŵa ŵakaŵa kuti ŵalephera ku thamanga.[18]

Lupingu la mtende na Public Affairs Committee

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Pa 8 September 2025, PAC yikachita National Day of Prayers na kusaina Peace Declaration ku BICC ku Lilongwe. Ŵanthu ŵanandi, kusazgapo President Lazarus Chakwera, Joyce Banda, Atupele Muluzi, na Dalitso Kabambe, ŵikasimikizga kulimbikira mtende pa chiŵeruzo.[19]

PAC Chairperson, Monsignor Patrick Thawale, wakalongosora kuti chiŵeruzo chizgakhalira mwa mtende na kugwilira ntchito pambere na pambere pa chiŵeruzo.[20]

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