2020 Malawian presidential election

Presidential elections were held in Malawi on 23 June 2020, having originally been scheduled for 19 May and later 2 July. They followed the annulment of the results of the 2019 presidential elections, in which Peter Mutharika of the Democratic Progressive Party had received the most votes.

2020 Malawian presidential election

23 June 2020
Turnout64.81%
 
Nominee Lazarus Chakwera Peter Mutharika
Party MCP DPP
Running mate Saulos Chilima Atupele Muluzi
Popular vote 2,604,043 1,751,877
Percentage 59.34% 39.92%

Presidential Election Results by District. Blue denotes districts won by Mutharika, Red denotes districts won by Chakwera.

President before election

Peter Mutharika
DPP

Elected President

Lazarus Chakwera
MCP

The result of the re-run elections was a victory for Lazarus Chakwera of the Malawi Congress Party, who defeated Mutharika by margin of 59% to 40%.

The elections were hailed by observers as being both free and fair.

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