2004 Malawian general election

none Malawi 1999 Malawian general election 1999 2004 05 20 yes 2009 Malawian general election 2009 yes Presidential election presidential 5,752,028 59.35% ( 34.24 pp) Bingu_wa_Mutharika_in_2009.jpg Bingu wa Mutharika United Democratic Front (Malawi) 1,195,586 35.97% John_Tembo.jpg John Tembo Malawi Congress Party 937,965 28.22% Gwanda Chakuamba (cropped).jpg 789456 Gwanda Chakuamba MC 836,118 25.16% Brown Mpinganjira 2013 (cropped).jpg Brown Mpinganjira NDA 286,320 8.61% 2004 Malawian presidential election - Results by region and district.svg Results by region (left) and district (right) President Bakili Muluzi United Democratic Front (Malawi) Bingu wa Mutharika United Democratic Front (Malawi) Legislative election yes All 193 seats in the National Assembly 97 59.41% ( 33.52 pp) United Democratic Front (Malawi) Bakili Muluzi 93 50 25.34 Malawi Congress Party John Tembo 66 57 24.85 National Democratic Alliance (Malawi) Brown Mpinganjira New 8 8.12 RP New 15 7.31 Alliance for Democracy (Malawi) 29 6 3.61 People's Progressive Movement (Malawi) New 7 3.12 MGODE New 3 1.68 People's Transformation Party New 1 0.67 CONU 0 1 0.23 Independents – 4 39 24.23 Results 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.Special report on general elections IRIN, 19 May 2004 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%.Malawi: 2004 Presidential election results https://web.archive.org/web/20100511032802/http://www.eisa.org.za/WEP/mal2004results.htm 2010-05-11 EISA 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.The Institutional Context of the 2004 General Elections in Malawi CMI 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 Bingu wa Mutharika Cassim Chilumpha United Democratic Front 1195586 John Tembo Peter Chiwona Malawi Congress Party 937965 Gwanda Chakuamba Aleke Banda Mgwirizano Coalition 836118 #789456 Brown Mpinganjira Mary Clara Makungwa National Democratic Alliance 286320 Justin Malewezi Jimmy Hastings Koreia-Mpatsa People's Progressive Movement 67812 89764 5752028 Presidential Polling Results for 2004 Elections http://mec.org.mw/res/PRESIDENTIAL%20SUMMARY%20RESULTS%20FOR%202004%20ELECTIONS%20.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20160811162805/http://mec.org.mw/res/PRESIDENTIAL%20SUMMARY%20RESULTS%20FOR%202004%20ELECTIONS%20.pdf 11 August 2016 Malawi Electoral Commission PDF National Assembly Polling in six constituencies was delayed due to printing errors on the ballot papers.Elections held in 2004 IPU United Democratic Front 801200 50 –43 Malawi Congress Party 785671 57 –9 National Democratic Alliance 256713 8 New Republican Party 231002 15 New Alliance for Democracy 114017 6 –23 People's Progressive Movement 98548 7 New Movement for Genuine Democratic Change 53127 3 New People's Transformation Party 21153 1 New Malawi Forum for Unity and Development 11655 0 New New Congress for Democracy 9545 0 New Congress for National Unity 7410 1 +1 Malawi Democratic Party 2494 0 0 National Unity Party 2336 0 New Pamodzi Freedom Party 363 0 New National Solidarity Movement 216 0 New Independents 766137 39 +35 Vacant 6 – 0 167376 5603225 Summary Results for 2004 Parliamentary General Elections https://mec.org.mw/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/PARLIAMENTARY-SUMMARY-RESULTS-FOR-2004-ELECTIONS.pdf Malawi Electoral Commission PDF References Category:Presidential elections in Malawi Category:Parliamentary elections in Malawi Malawi General Malawi