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. The National Assembly has 194 members, elected for a five year term in single-seat constituencies. Malawi is a multi-party system, which means that there are multiple parities as well as a number of independent politicians who do not formally associate with any party. Presidential and parliamentary elections are currently scheduled for May 19, 2009.

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e • d Summary of the 20 May 2004 Malawi presidential **election results**
Candidates	Parties	Votes	%
Bingu wa Mutharika	United Democratic Front	1,119,738	35.9
John Tembo	Malawi Congress Party	846,457	27.1
Gwanda Chakuamba	Mgwirizano Coalition	802,386	25.7
Brown Mpinganjira	National Democratic Alliance	272,172	8.7
Justin Chimera Malewezi	People's Progressive Movement	78,892	2.5
Total (turnout 54.3 %)		3,119,645	100.0
Registered voters		5,742,747

e • d Summary of the 20 May 2004 National Assembly of Malawi election results
	%	Seats
Malawi Congress Party	.	59
United Democratic Front	.	49
Mgwirizano Coalition Republican Party (15 seats) People's Progressive Movement (6 seats) Movement for Genuine Democratic Change (3 seats) Malawi Democratic Party Malawi Forum for Unity and Development National Unity Party People's Transformation Party	.	27
National Democratic Alliance	.	8
Alliance for Democracy	.	6
Non-partisans		38
To be elected in by-elections		6
Total (turnout %)		193
Source: SBS/IRIN/BBC (citing Malawi Election Commission)/Xinhua