2014 Malawian general election

2014 Malawian general election

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Presidential election
Turnout70.75%
 
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%

 
Joyce Banda Department for International Development photo crop.jpg
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
Turnout70.25%
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.

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.