2025 Malawian general election

2025 Malawian general election

September 2025

Presidential election

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Candidate Lazarus Chakwera Peter Mutharika Party MCP DPP

Incumbent President Lazarus Chakwera MCP

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General elections are due to be held in Malawi in 2025.^[1]

Electoral system

The President of Malawi is expected to be elected using the two-round system following the annulment of the 2019 elections and the ruling of the Supreme Court on 8 May 2020, with a candidate requiring an absolute majority of the vote to win in the first round; if no candidate passes the 50% threshold, a second round will be held. The 193 members of the National Assembly are elected by first-past-the-post voting in single-member constituencies.^[2]

Candidates

Declared

• Peter Mutharika, former president of Malawi (2014-2020).^[3]
• Lazarus Chakwera, president of Malawi since 2020.^[4]

References