2025 Malawian general election

2025 Malawian general election

16 September 2025
Presidential election
Registered7,203,390
Turnout76.39% ( 11.58 pp)
 
Candidate Peter Mutharika Lazarus Chakwera
Party DPP MCP
Running mate Jane Ansah Vitumbiko Mumba
Popular vote 3,035,249 1,765,170
Percentage 56.76% 33.01%

Results by region (left) and district (right)

President before election

Lazarus Chakwera
Malawi Congress Party

Elected President

Peter Mutharika
DPP

Legislative election

All 229 seats in the National Assembly
115 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader Last election
DPP Peter Mutharika 62
MCP Lazarus Chakwera 55
UDF Atupele Muluzi 10
PP Joyce Banda 5
UTM Dalitso Kabambe 4
AFORD Enoch Chihana 1
Independents 55
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

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.