2025 Malawian general election
16 September 2025
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| Registered | 7,203,390 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 76.39% ( 11.58 pp) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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All 229 seats in the National Assembly 115 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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General elections were held in Malawi on 16 September 2025 to elect the president, the 229 members of the National Assembly and 509 local government councillors.
The presidential election resulted in a victory for former president Peter Mutharika of the Democratic Progressive Party, who received 57% of the vote. Incumbent president Lazarus Chakwera of the Malawi Congress Party finished second with 33% of the vote.