2014 Malawian general election

2014 Malawian general election

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Presidential election
Turnout	70.75%
Nominee Peter Mutharika Lazarus Chakwera Party DPP MCP Running mate Saulos Chilima Richard Msowoya Popular vote 1,904,399 1,455,880 Percentage 36.42% 27.80%   Nominee Joyce Banda Atupele Muluzi Party PP UDF Running mate Sosten Gwengwe Godfrey Chapola Popular vote 1,056,236 717,224 Percentage 20.20% 13.72%
President before election Joyce Banda PP President Peter Mutharika DPP
Parliamentary election
All 193 seats in the National Assembly
Turnout	70.25%
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– DPP Peter Mutharika 21.98 51 −63 PP Joyce Banda 18.15 26 New MCP Lazarus Chakwera 17.37 48 +22 UDF Atupele Muluzi 9.63 14 −3 AFORD Godfrey Shawa 0.62 1 0 CCP Davis Katsonga 0.20 1 New Independents – 29.68 52 +20 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

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General elections were held in Malawi on 20 May 2014. They were Malawi's first tripartite elections, the first time the president, National Assembly and local councillors were elected on the same day.^[1] The presidential election was won by opposition candidate Peter Mutharika of the Democratic Progressive Party, who defeated incumbent President Joyce Banda.