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Malawi Detailed Election Results
 
 
Political Parties: AFORD - Alliance for Democracy, CONU - Congress for National Unity, MCP - Malawi Congress Party, MDP - Malawi Democratic Party, UDF - United Democratic Front, UP - United Party.
Coalitions: Malawi Congress Party-Alliance for Democracy (MCP-AFORD)
14 JUNE 1993 REFERENDUM

REGION

 District

 Results Total
Valid
Votes		 Invalid/
Blank Votes		 Total Votes Registered Voters Voter Turnout
Multiparty System Single Party System
Number of Votes % of Votes Number of Votes % of Votes
Dedza 34,628 25.56% 100,840 74.44% 135,468 3,972 139,440 184,589 75.5%
Dowa 20,345 14.93% 115,958 85.07% 136,303 3,429 139,732 194,010 72.0%
Kasungu 48,960 28.05% 125,600 71.95% 174,560 4,982 179,542 232,276 77.3%
Lilongwe 105,110 28.23% 267,168 71.77% 372,278 12,512 384,790 591,460 65.1%
Mchinji 34,559 31.54% 75,012 68.46% 109,571 6,854 116,425 196,393 59.3%
Nkhotakota 35,965 47.03% 40,515 52.97% 76,480 2,856 79,336 133,866 59.3%
Ntcheu 74,655 74.74% 25,227 25.26% 99,882 1,089 100,971 142,550 70.8%
Ntchisi 11,224 21.93% 39,946 78.07% 51,170 883 52,053 64,204 81.1%
Salima 34,586 45.07% 42,147 54.93% 76,733 1,859 78,592 94,472 83.2%
CENTRAL 400,032 32.46% 832,413 67.54% 1,232,445 38,436 1,270,881 1,833,820 69.3%
Chitipa 37,165 91.16% 3,603 8.84% 40,768 305 41,073 58,404 70.3%
Karonga 61,038 94.14% 3,799 5.86% 64,837 539 65,376 110,603 59.1%
Nkhata Bay 54,990 92.59% 4,399 7.41% 59,389 822 60,211 129,514 46.5%
Rumphi 43,943 86.79% 6,687 13.21% 50,630 712 51,342 59,300 86.6%
Mzuzu City 73,281 80.71% 17,520 19.29% 90,801 1,031 91,832 110,980 82.8%
Mzimba 122,152 91.67% 11,093 8.33% 133,245 1,117 134,362 160,538 83.7%
NORTHERN 392,569 89.29% 47,101 10.71% 439,670 4,526 444,196 629,339 70.6%
Blantyre 197,938 86.70% 30,363 13.30% 228,301 2,107 230,408 271,152 85.0%
Chikwawa 80,364 76.54% 24,631 23.46% 104,995 1,878 106,873 194,987 54.8%
Chiradzulu 70,578 89.21% 8,539 10.79% 79,117 3,455 82,572 98,605 83.7%
Machinga 181,186 91.31% 17,240 8.69% 198,426 2,813 201,239 344,753 58.4%
Mangochi 179,697 90.94% 17,911 9.06% 197,608 3,711 201,319 352,263 57.2%
Mulanje 145,111 79.35% 37,775 20.65% 182,886 8,480 191,366 347,006 55.2%
Mwanza 29,137 71.46% 11,639 28.54% 40,776 749 41,525 74,890 55.5%
Nsanje 47,929 82.59% 10,106 17.41% 58,035 818 58,853 106,287 55.4%
Thyolo 122,823 81.30% 28,259 18.70% 151,082 2,403 153,485 186,262 82.4%
Zomba 146,632 86.70% 22,496 13.30% 169,128 1,603 170,731 260,163 65.6%
SOUTHERN 1,201,395 85.18% 208,959 14.82% 1,410,354 28,017 1438371 2,236,368 64.3%
National Total 1,993,996 64.69% 1,088,473 35.31% 3,082,469 70,979 3,153,448 4,699,527 67.1%
 
 
17 MAY 1994 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

REGION

District

 Candidate (Party) Total
Valid
Votes		 Invalid/
Blank Votes		 Total Votes Registered Voters Voter Turnout
Hastings Kamuzu Banda (MCP) Chakufwa Chihana (AFORD) Kamlepo Kalua (MDP) Bakili Muluzi (UDF)
Dedza 93,488 2,980 503 34,307 131,278 4,732 136,010 182,812 74.4%
Dowa 95,178 4,434 834 17,779 118,225 3,037 121,262 148,090 81.9%
Kasungu 94,249 27,186 601 21,749 143,785 2,947 146,732 180,462 81.3%
Lilongwe 274,739 29,856 1303 77,509 383,407 8,159 391,566 457,595 85.6%
Mchinji 67,452 3,156 412 25,983 97,003 2,242 99,245 124,806 79.5%
Nkhotakota 33,867 11,056 269 27,526 72,718 1,737 74,455 87,841 84.8%
Ntcheu 23,057 3,543 588 69,801 96,989 2,485 99,474 129,918 76.6%
Ntchisi 28,637 1,516 222 13,561 43,936 1,566 45,502 56,893 80.0%
Salima 33,072 3,039 429 33,366 69,906 2,072 71,978 92,950 77.4%
CENTRAL 743,739 86,766 5,161 321,581 1,157,247 28,977 1,186,224 1,461,367 81.1%
Chitipa 4,351 40,098 156 828 45,433 528 45,961 53,462 86.0%
Karonga 3,647 64,121 249 2,023 70,040 1,470 71,510 84,501 84.6%
Mzimba 18,999 202,865 764 10,487 233,115 2,833 235,948 272,908 86.5%
Nkhata Bay 3,672 50,053 392 4,993 59,110 932 60,042 72,051 83.3%
Rumphi 2,981 47,700 193 2,506 53,380 578 53,958 62,273 86.6%
NORTHERN 33,650 404,837 1,754 20,837 461,078 6,341 467,419 545,195 85.7%
Blantyre 28,682 17,144 1,241 171,088 218,155 3,212 221,367 267,599 82.7%
Chikwawa 34,615 3,019 1,207 50,981 89,822 2,197 92,019 121,318 75.8%
Chiradzulu 6,097 1,045 278 60,372 67,792 1,337 69,129 98,812 70.0%
Machinga 14,835 3,244 819 195,082 213,980 4,184 218,164 258,690 84.3%
Mangochi 15,571 6,871 1,038 184,230 207,710 0 207,710 256,162 81.1%
Mulanje 34,347 19,495 1,044 109,975 164,861 5,733 170,594 257,006 66.4%
Mwanza 9,550 1,747 461 26,232 37,990 1,255 39,245 49,192 79.8%
Nsanje 29,658 1,607 919 23,891 56,075 1,968 58,043 71,305 81.4%
Thyolo 26,095 10,060 693 94,459 131,307 3,441 134,748 174,357 77.3%
Zomba 19,514 7,027 1,009 146,026 173,576 3,135 176,711 214,253 82.5%
SOUTHERN 218,964 71,259 8,709 1,062,336 1,361,268 26,462 1,387,730 1,768,694 78.5%
National Total 996,353 (33.44%) 562,862 (18.89%) 15,624 (0.52%) 1,404,754 (47.15%) 2,979,593 61,780 3,041,373 3,775,256 80.6%
 
 
15 JUNE 1999 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

REGION

District

 Candidate (Party) [Coalition] Total
Valid
Votes		 Invalid/
Blank Votes		 Total Votes Registered Voters Voter Turnout
Gwanda Chakuamba (MCP) [MCP-AFORD] Kamlepo Kalua (MDP) Bakili Muluzi (UDF) Bingu wa Mutharika (UP) Daniel Nkhumbwe (CONU)
Dedza 144,937 3,937 69,509 704 924 220,011 5,210 225,221 238,353 94.5%
Dowa 133,392 3,212 45,841 543 643 183,631 6,033 189,664 201,082 94.3%
Kasungu 163,396 3,005 50,025 657 1,469 218,552 3,269 221,821 236,987 93.6%
Lilongwe 417,532 7,090 142,015 1,385 1,713 569,735 10,070 579,805 634,120 91.4%
Mchinji 87,453 2,304 53,938 587 769 145,051 2,780 147,831 159,895 92.5%
Nkhotakota 55,373 1,488 54,262 531 653 112,307 1,649 113,956 120,162 94.8%
Ntcheu 30,246 2,742 131,229 1,461 1,053 166,731 3,586 170,317 181,841 93.7%
Ntchisi 41,924 1,333 32,496 317 279 76,349 1,646 77,995 82,528 94.5%
Salima 50,106 2,129 55,597 516 501 108,849 3,573 112,422 120,235 93.5%
CENTRAL 1,124,359 27,240 637,912 6,701 8,004 1,801,216 37,816 1,839,032 1,975,203 93.1%
Chitipa 57,851 554 6,330 68 576 65,379 289 65,668 70,801 92.8%
Karonga 88,977 617 5,366 142 612 95,714 1,361 97,075 100,279 96.8%
Mzimba 286,788 2,889 27,639 543 3,209 321,068 2,007 323,075 332,262 97.2%
Nkhata Bay 72,912 1,108 14,636 297 1,008 89,961 1,030 90,991 95,399 95.4%
Rumphi 67,160 505 7,159 62 401 75,287 409 75,696 80,165 94.4%
NORTHERN 573,688 5,673 61,130 1,112 5,806 647,409 5,096 652,505 678,906 96.1%
Balaka 10,400 1,803 111,723 508 540 124,974 2,813 127,787 136,913 93.3%
Blantyre 86,662 3,739 262,974 1,756 1,199 356,330 5,914 362,244 405,434 89.3%
Chikwawa 83,109 2,712 68,228 557 639 155,245 3,868 159,113 174,316 91.3%
Chiradzulu 10,697 1,454 107,161 549 420 120,281 2,493 122,774 128,439 95.6%
Machinga 6,193 2,399 175,735 801 648 185,776 4,113 189,889 200,400 94.8%
Mangochi 21,160 4,311 275,940 1,367 1,158 303,936 8,124 312,060 323,713 96.4%
Mulanje 38,615 5,269 165,050 2,162 1,730 212,826 5,391 218,217 232,107 94.0%
Mwanza 13,256 1,252 50,901 429 478 66,316 1,594 67,910 72,093 94.2%
Nsanje 60,315 1,048 30,575 244 257 92,439 2,312 94,751 99,538 95.2%
Phalombe 14,750 2,130 97,693 1,241 972 116,786 669 117,455 125,223 93.8%
Thyolo 37,565 4,235 174,327 3,448 1,586 221,161 7,144 228,305 235,178 97.1%
Zomba 26,021 4,591 226,336 1,198 910 259,056 4,324 263,380 284,359 92.6%
SOUTHERN 408,743 34,943 1,746,643 14,260 10,537 2,215,126 48,759 2,263,885 24,17,713 93.6%
National Total 2,106,790 (45.17%) 67,856 (1.45%) 2,442,685 (52.38%) 22,073 (0.47%) 24,347 (0.52%) 4,663,751 91,671 4,755,422 5,071,822 93.8%
 
 
15 JUNE 1999 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ELECTION
Party Region Total Seats
Central Northern Southern
United Democratic Front (UDF) 16 1 76 93
Malawi Congress Party (MCP) 54 4 8 66
Alliance for Democracy (AFORD) 1 28 - 29
Independents 1 - 1 4
Vacant* 1 - - -
Total Seats 73 33 87 193
*The election was postponed in one Central Region constituency (Mchinji West) due to the death of a candidate.
 
 
20 MAY 2004 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
Candidate (Party) [Coalition] Region

National
Total

Central Northern Southern
Bingu wa Mutharika (UDF) 309,537
(22.52%)		 93,421
(18.37%)		 792,628
(55.01%)		 1,195,586
(35.97%)
John Tembo (MCP) 888,283
(64.62%)		 17,776
(3.50%)		 31,906
(2.21%)		 937,965
(28.22%)
Gwanda Chakuamba
(RP) [Mgwirizano Coalition]		 98,607
(7.17%)		 373,539
(73.47%)		 363,972
(25.26%)		 836,118
(25.16%)
Brown Mpinganjira (NDA) 41,721
(3.04%)		 18,472
(3.63%)		 226,127
(15.69%)		 286,320
(8.61%)
Justin Malewezi 36,399
(2.65%)		 5,240
(1.03%)		 26,173
(1.82%)		 67,812
(2.04%)
Total Valid Votes 1,374,547 508,448 1,440,806 3,323,801
Invalid/Blank Votes
89,764
Total Votes 3,413,565
Registered Voters 5,752,028
Voter Turnout 59.3%