2025 Malawian general election explained
| Country: | Malawi |
| Election Date: | 16 September 2025 |
| Module: | | Embed: | yes | | Election Name: | Presidential election | | Type: | presidential | | Ongoing: | yes | | Previous Election: | 2020 Malawian presidential election | | Previous Year: | 2020 | | Image1: | File:Secretary Blinken Meets With Malawian President Lazarus Chakwera (52389622307) (cropped).jpg | | Candidate1: | Lazarus Chakwera | | Party1: | Malawi Congress Party | | Candidate2: | Peter Mutharika | | Party2: | Democratic Progressive Party (Malawi) | | President | | Before Election: | Lazarus Chakwera | | Before Party: | Malawi Congress Party |
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General elections are due to be held in Malawi on September 16, 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
Notes and References
- Web site: MEC Announces dates for Voter Registration for 2025 GE . 2024-11-18 . Malawi Electoral Commission.
- http://archive.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/2195_B.htm Electoral system
- Web site: 2024-05-14 . Malawi ex-president Peter Mutharika to contest in 2025 elections . 2024-06-09 . Monitor . en.
- Web site: Voice . Malawi . 2024-05-30 . Chakwera to seek re-election in 2025 . 2024-06-09 . Malawi Voice . en-US.
