Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has confirmed 66 candidates as duly elected members of Parliament (MPs) following their success in the September 16 2025 General Election parliamentary race.
In partial results covering 13 of the 36 councils and 66 of the 229 constituencies announced last evening at the National Tally Centre at Bingu International Convention Centre in Lilongwe, MEC chairperson Annabel Mtalimanja said the commission thoroughly reviewed and determined all the complaints lodged for the parliamentary results announced yesterday.
“We declare the parliamentary elections [in the constituencies announced yesterday] to be free and fair and that the results are a true reflection of the will of the people of the respectiove constituencies,” she said.
Mtalimanja, a judge of the High Court of Malawi, stressed that the successful candidates unveiled were picked by voters and that “the commission only facilitates the process to enable voters to choose leaders of their choice”.
She said: “There will always be one winner. I repeat one winner.”
Mtalimanja said results for Mzimba South East and Nkhata Bay Central are pending a determination on the status of void votes while elections in Nkhotakota Liwaladzi were not held due to a court order obtained by one of the aspirants.
The parliamentary results covered Chitipa, Karonga, Rumphi, Mzimba and Likoma district councils as well as Mzuzu City Council in the Northern Region.
In the Central Region, the electoral body announced results for Kasungu, Dowa, Ntchisi and Nkhotakota district councils.
From the announced results, independents dominated with 27 seats followed by Malawi Congress Party (MCP) with 19 seats and Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) won seven seats.
MCP’s seats are spread as follows: three in Karonga, two in Mzimba nd one in Mzuzu City in the Northern Region while in the Centre the outgoing ruling party has so far won three in Nkhotakota, four each in Kasungu and Dowa and two in Ntchisi.
On its part, DPP has won one each in Rumphi and Likoma as well as two apiece in Mzimba and Nkhata Bay, totalling six in the North. The incoming governing party also has one seat in Kasungu in the Central Region.
There are 13 independents across the declared districts in the North against 14 for the councils in the Centre.
UTM Party scooped four seats with one each in Chitipa, Karonga, Mzimba and Nkhata Bay while Alliance for Democracy won two seats in Rumphi, including Rumphi Central won by party president Enoch Chihana and one in Mzimba.
On the other hand, People’s Party won three seats, one each in Karonga, Nkhata Bay and Kasungu while Freedom Party has one seat in Mzimba scooped by party president and the country’s former Vice-President Khumbo Kachali . Newly formed National Development Party has also won one seat through its president Frank Mwenifumbo in Karonga Central Constituency.
During the announcement of results, Mtalimanja said the commission was delighted to announce the parliamentary election results on day 13 of the14-day legal window provided under the Presidential, Parliamentary and Local Government Elections Act to declare the results.
She also confirmed that Lawrence Chaziya of MCP secured the Lilongwe Chilobwe Constituency seat unopposed after being the sole nominated candidate.
Fur ther, Mtal imanja said parliamentar y elections were either postponed in Blantyre West Constituency following the death of MCP candidate Michael Izeck Chisala prior to polling day while in Dedza Mtakakata Constituency elections were suspended following a court order. Under Sec tion 98 of the Presidential, Parliamentary and Local Government Elections Act, MEC is lawfully accorded a period of up to eight days to process and announce presidential election results, 14 days for parliamentary and 21 days for local government elections.
