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General elections were held in Malawi on 20 May 2004 to elect a President and the National Assembly. The election had originally been scheduled for 18 May but was postponed for two days in response to opposition complaints of irregularities in the voter roll.[1] By 22 May no results had been announced, leading to protests from the opposition and threats of disorder. On 25 May the Malawi Electoral Commission finally announced the results of the election. Bingu wa Mutharika, the candidate of the ruling United Democratic Front, was declared the winner of the presidential poll, whilst the Malawi Congress Party had won most seats in the National Assembly vote. Voter turnout was around 62%.[2]
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There were five candidates for the presidential election:
A total of 1,268 candidates ran in the election of which 373 were independents and the rest representing fifteen parties.[3]
Seven parties contested the elections as the Mgwirizano Coalition; the Republican Party, the People's Progressive Movement, the Movement for Genuine Democratic Change, the People's Transformation Party, the Malawi Forum for Unity and Development, the National Unity Party and the Malawi Democratic Party.
Candidate | Running mate | Party | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bingu wa Mutharika | Cassim Chilumpha | United Democratic Front | 1,195,586 | 35.97 | |
John Tembo | Peter Chiwona | Malawi Congress Party | 937,965 | 28.22 | |
Gwanda Chakuamba | Aleke Banda | Mgwirizano Coalition | 836,118 | 25.16 | |
Brown Mpinganjira | Mary Clara Makungwa | National Democratic Alliance | 286,320 | 8.61 | |
Justin Malewezi | Jimmy Hastings Koreia-Mpatsa | People's Progressive Movement | 67,812 | 2.04 | |
Total | 3,323,801 | 100.00 | |||
Valid votes | 3,323,801 | 97.37 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 89,764 | 2.63 | |||
Total votes | 3,413,565 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 5,752,028 | 59.35 | |||
Source: CMI |
Polling in six constituencies was delayed due to printing errors on the ballot papers.[4]
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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United Democratic Front | 801,200 | 25.34 | 49 | –44 | |
Malawi Congress Party | 785,671 | 24.85 | 57 | –9 | |
National Democratic Alliance | 256,713 | 8.12 | 9 | New | |
Republican Party | 231,002 | 7.31 | 15 | New | |
Alliance for Democracy | 114,017 | 3.61 | 6 | –23 | |
People's Progressive Movement | 98,548 | 3.12 | 6 | New | |
Movement for Genuine Democratic Change | 53,127 | 1.68 | 3 | New | |
People's Transformation Party | 21,153 | 0.67 | 1 | New | |
Malawi Forum for Unity and Development | 11,655 | 0.37 | 0 | New | |
New Congress for Democracy | 9,545 | 0.30 | 0 | New | |
Congress for National Unity | 7,410 | 0.23 | 1 | New | |
Malawi Democratic Party | 2,494 | 0.08 | 0 | 0 | |
National Unity Party | 2,336 | 0.07 | 0 | New | |
Pamodzi Freedom Party | 363 | 0.01 | 0 | New | |
National Solidarity Movement | 216 | 0.01 | 0 | New | |
Independents | 766,137 | 24.23 | 40 | +36 | |
Vacant | 6 | – | |||
Total | 3,161,587 | 100.00 | 193 | 0 | |
Valid votes | 3,161,587 | 94.97 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 167,376 | 5.03 | |||
Total votes | 3,328,963 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 5,603,225 | 59.41 | |||
Source: MEC |
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