2019 Malawian general election

2019 Malawian general election

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Presidential election
Turnout	74.44%
Nominee Peter Mutharika Lazarus Chakwera Saulos Chilima Party DPP MCP UTM Running mate Everton Chimulirenji Sidik Mia Michael Usi Popular vote 1,940,709 1,781,740 1,018,369 Percentage 38.57% 35.41% 20.24%
Results by district
President before election Peter Mutharika DPP Elected President None (election results annulled)
Legislative election
All 193 seats in the National Assembly 97 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– DPP Peter Mutharika 26.04 62 +11 MCP Lazarus Chakwera 22.32 55 +7 UTM Saulos Chilima 9.90 4 New UDF Atupele Muluzi 4.58 10 −4 PP Joyce Banda 2.44 5 −21 AFORD Enoch Chihana 0.49 1 +1 Independents – 33.43 55 +3 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

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General elections were held in Malawi on 21 May 2019 to elect the President, National Assembly and local government councillors.^[1] Incumbent President Peter Mutharika of the Democratic Progressive Party was re-elected, with his party remaining the largest in the National Assembly. However, on 3 February 2020, the Constitutional Court annulled the presidential election results due to evidence of irregularities, and ordered fresh elections be held.^[2] They were widely dubbed the "Tipp-Ex elections" after a brand of correction fluid which opponents claimed had been used to tamper with votes.