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2025 Malawian general election

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2025 Malawian general election

16 September 2025
Presidential election
← 2020
 
Candidate Lazarus Chakwera Peter Mutharika
Party MCP DPP

Incumbent President

Lazarus Chakwera
MCP



General elections are due to be held in Malawi on September 16, 2025.[1]

Electoral system

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The President of Malawi is expected to be elected using the two-round system following the annulment of the 2019 elections and the ruling of the Supreme Court on 8 May 2020, with a candidate requiring an absolute majority of the vote to win in the first round; if no candidate passes the 50% threshold, a second round will be held. The 193 members of the National Assembly are elected by first-past-the-post voting in single-member constituencies.[2]

Candidates

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Declared

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References

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  1. ^ "MEC Announces dates for Voter Registration for 2025 GE". Malawi Electoral Commission. Retrieved 2024-11-18.
  2. ^ Electoral system IPU
  3. ^ "Malawi ex-president Peter Mutharika to contest in 2025 elections". Monitor. 2024-05-14. Retrieved 2024-06-09.
  4. ^ Voice, Malawi (2024-05-30). "Chakwera to seek re-election in 2025". Malawi Voice. Retrieved 2024-06-09.