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2004 Malawian general election

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countryMalawi
previous_election1999 Malawian general election
previous_year1999
election_date
next_election2009 Malawian general election
next_year2009
module{{Infobox election
embedyes
election_namePresidential election
typepresidential
image1Bingu_wa_Mutharika_in_2009.jpg
nominee1Bingu wa Mutharika
party1United Democratic Front (Malawi)
popular_vote11,195,586
percentage135.97%
image2John_Tembo.jpg
nominee2John Tembo
party2Malawi Congress Party
popular_vote2937,965
percentage228.22%
image4Gwanda Chakuamba (cropped).jpg
colour4789456
nominee4Gwanda Chakuamba
party4MC
popular_vote4836,118
percentage425.16%
image5Brown Mpinganjira 2013 (cropped).jpg
nominee5Brown Mpinganjira
party5NDA
popular_vote5286,320
percentage58.61%
map_image2004 Malawian presidential election - Results by region and district.svg
map_captionResults by region (left) and district (right)
titlePresident
before_electionBakili Muluzi
before_partyUnited Democratic Front (Malawi)
posttitlePresident
after_electionBingu wa Mutharika
after_partyUnited Democratic Front (Malawi)
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election_nameAssembly election
embedyes
seats_for_electionAll 193 seats in the National Assembly
majority_seats97
party1United Democratic Front (Malawi)
leader1Bakili Muluzi
last_election193
seats149
percentage125.34
party2Malawi Congress Party
leader2John Tembo
last_election266
seats257
percentage224.85
party3MC
leader3Gwanda Chakuamba
colour3#789456
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party4National Democratic Alliance (Malawi)
leader4Brown Mpinganjira
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party5Independents
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seats540
percentage524.23
map2004 Malawian parliamentary election - Results by constituency.svg
map_captionResults by constituency

General elections were held in Malawi on 20 May 2004 to elect a President and members of 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. 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 won most seats in the National Assembly vote. Voter turnout was around 62%.

Campaign

President

There were five candidates for the presidential election:

  • Gwanda Chakuamba, aged 69, was the candidate of a seven-party opposition coalition, the Mgwirizano Coalition or Unity Coalition. Chakuamba has a colourful past, having been a senior minister and militia commander under former President-for-life Hastings Banda. In 1980 he fell out with Banda, whose assassination he was accused of plotting. He spent 12 years in prison and emerged a popular hero, then succeeded Banda as leader of his party, the Malawi Congress Party.
  • Justin Malewezi, Vice-President of Malawi under Bakili Muluzi, stood as the candidate of the People's Progressive Movement, having been passed over by the ruling party.
  • Brown Mpinganjira, aged 55, was the candidate of the National Democratic Alliance, a breakaway group from the ruling party.
  • John Tembo, aged 72, was the candidate of the Malawi Congress Party.
  • Bingu wa Mutharika, a 70-year-old economist and veteran politician, was the candidate of the ruling United Democratic Front, although he had previously run for president under the United Party banner. He was supported by the outgoing president, Bakili Muluzi.

National Assembly

A total of 1,268 candidates ran in the election of which 373 were independents and the rest representing fifteen parties.

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.

Results

President

National Assembly

Polling in six constituencies was delayed due to printing errors on the ballot papers.

References

References

  1. [http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=41152&SelectRegion=Southern_Africa&SelectCountry=MALAWI Special report on general elections] IRIN, 19 May 2004
  2. [http://www.eisa.org.za/WEP/mal2004results.htm Malawi: 2004 Presidential election results] {{Webarchive. link. (2010-05-11 EISA)
  3. [http://www.cmi.no/publications/file/2541-the-institutional-context-of-the-2004-general.pdf The Institutional Context of the 2004 General Elections in Malawi] CMI
  4. [http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/2195_04.htm Elections held in 2004] IPU
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