1994 Malawian general election

none September 2022 Malawi 17 May 1994 yes Presidential election presidential Popular 130x130px 1999 Malawian general election 1999 3,775,256 80.56% Visit of Bakili Muluzi, President of Malawi, to the EC - 2002 (cropped).jpg Bakili Muluzi Justin Malewezi United Democratic Front (Malawi) 1,404,754 47.15% Dr HK Banda, first president of Malawi.jpg Hastings Banda Gwanda Chakuamba Malawi Congress Party 996,353 33.44% Alliance for Democracy (Malawi) AD Chakufwa Chihana Alliance for Democracy (Malawi) 562,862 18.89% 1994 Malawian presidential election - Results by region and district.svg Results by region (left) and district (right) President Hastings Banda Malawi Congress Party Bakili Muluzi United Democratic Front (Malawi) 1992 1999 Legislative election yes All 177 seats in the National Assembly 89 79.60% United Democratic Front (Malawi) Bakili Muluzi New 85 46.38 Malawi Congress Party Hastings Banda 102 56 33.69 Alliance for Democracy (Malawi) Chakufwa Chihana New 36 18.97 1994 Malawian parliamentary election - Results by constituency.svg Results by constituency General elections were held in Malawi on 17 May 1994 to elect the President and National Assembly. They were the first multi-party elections in the country since prior to independence in 1964, and the first since the restoration of multi-party democracy the previous year. The Malawi Congress Party (MCP), which had governed the country since independence (from 1966 to 1993 as the sole legal party), was decisively beaten by the United Democratic Front (UDF). MCP leader Hastings Banda, who had become president upon Malawi being proclaimed a republic in 1966 (he had served as Prime Minister from independence until 1966), ran in his first election since being stripped of his title of president for life in 1993. He was defeated by the UDF's Bakili Muluzi, who received 47% of the vote to Banda's 33%. The UDF became the largest party in the National Assembly, but was three seats short of a majority. The MCP finished a distant second, and was left with less than one-third of the seats in the enlarged National Assembly. With the MCP's defeat beyond doubt, Banda conceded defeat two days after the polls closed and promised his "full support and cooperation" during the transition.https://www.nytimes.com/1994/05/20/world/one-of-africa-s-last-dictators-bows-to-democracy.html One of Africa's Last Dictators Bows to Democracy Bill Keller The New York Times 20 January 1994 Reputedly in his mid-nineties, he would have been the oldest elected president in world history had he won. The election completed Malawi's transition to full democracy.Posner Daniel N 1995 Malawi's New Dawn https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/16658 Journal of Democracy 6 1 131–145 1086-3214 Campaign The National Assembly elections were contested by eight parties, who put forward a total of 600 candidates, as well as 13 independents. The UDF won 88 seats, three short of a majority, whilst the MCP finished second with 56 seats. Results in two seats, both won by Banda's MCP, were annulled due to irregularities.Malawi: Parliamentary Chamber: National Assembly: Elections held in 1994 Inter-Parliamentary Union Voter turnout was 79.6%.Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p558 0-19-829645-2 Results President Bakili Muluzi Justin Malewezihttps://www.nyasatimes.com/mutharikas-runningmate-puzzle-tembenu-faction-emerges-in-dpp/ "In 1994, Bakili Muluzi chose a career civil servant, Justin Malewezi as his running-mate, and despite serving with him for two terms, he lost elections in 2004 when he took a go at the presidency." United Democratic Front 1404754 Hastings Banda Gwanda Chakuambahttps://www.thetimes.com/uk/obituaries/article/john-tembo-obituary-zm7tdxrr5 "The 95-year-old Banda's last insult to Tembo was to choose the more popular Gwanda Chakuamba as his running mate for the elections in May 1994." Malawi Congress Party 996353 Chakufwa Chihana Alliance for Democracy 562862 Kamlepo Kalua Malawi Democratic Party 15624 65619 3775256 1994 General Elections https://mec.org.mw/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/PPE-RESULTS-1994.pdf Malawi Electoral Commission PDF National Assembly File:Malawian National Assembly 1994.svg United Democratic Front 1360432 85 New Malawi Congress Party 988172 56 –85 Alliance for Democracy 556457 36 New United Front for Multiparty Democracy 9721 0 New Malawi Democratic Party 6980 0 New Malawi National Democratic Party 2913 0 New Congress for the Second Republic 2118 0 New Malawi Democratic Union 323 0 New Independents 6159 0 New 2932395 72731 +26 3775256 Aftermath Following the elections, on 25 May Muluzi formed a 25-member cabinet, including members of the Malawi National Democratic Party and the United Front for Multiparty Democracy. He left three posts unfilled in the hope that the Alliance for Democracy would also join the government. References External links Post-election report on Sky News Category:Presidential elections in Malawi Category:Parliamentary elections in Malawi Malawi General Malawi