1992 Malawian general election

none Malawi 26–27 June 1992 1987 Malawian general election 1987 1994 Malawian general election 1994 parliamentary Dr HK Banda, first president of Malawi.jpg Hastings Banda Malawi Congress Party 102 141 29 President Hastings Banda Malawi Congress Party Hastings Banda Malawi Congress Party General elections were held in Malawi on 26 and 27 June 1992. the Malawi Congress Party was the sole legal party at the time, the country having become a one-party state in 1966. Voter turnout was reported to be 80% by the government, but was actually around 40%.Malawi: Pressures for a MultiParty System EISA 62 incumbents lost their seats. Campaign The number of seats in the National Assembly was increased to 141, with president for life Hastings Banda able to appoint as many additional members as he saw fit to "enhance the representative character of the Assembly, or to represent particular minority or other special interests in the Republic."Malawi Inter-Parliamentary Union In total, 275 candidates contested the 141 seats, although in 45 there was only a single MCP candidate, who was elected unopposed. All prospective candidates were vetted by Banda after being nominated by MCP committees,Malawi: Era of One Party Rule (1964-1992) https://web.archive.org/web/20100125183929/http://www.eisa.org.za/WEP/malonepartyrule.htm 2010-01-25 EISA and had to declare their allegiance to Banda in order to be allowed to stand.https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP79-00891A001000040001-8.pdf Malawi Handbook Central Intelligence Agency 1971 Results Malawi Congress Party 141 +29 Appointed members 10 –1 +28 859318 2203103 African Elections Database, IPU Aftermath In 1993, a year into the new legislature's term, a referendum on returning to multi-party democracy was held which saw voters end the MCP's 27-year monopoly on power. As a result, the elections initially scheduled for 1997 were brought forward to 1994. References General Category:Parliamentary elections in Malawi Category:One-party elections Malawi Malawi Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results