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1992 Malawian general election

Field	Value
country	Malawi
election_date	26–27 June 1992
previous_election	1987 Malawian general election
previous_year	1987
next_election	1994 Malawian general election
next_year	1994
type	parliamentary
image1	Dr HK Banda, first president of Malawi.jpg
leader1	Hastings Banda
party1	Malawi Congress Party
last_election1	102
seats1	141
seat_change1	29
title	President
before_election	Hastings Banda
before_party	Malawi Congress Party
after_election	Hastings Banda
after_party	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%. 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."

In total, 275 candidates contested the 141 seats, although in 45 there was only a single MCP candidate, who was elected unopposed. and had to declare their allegiance to Banda in order to be allowed to stand.

Results

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

[http://www.eisa.org.za/wep/mal1992background.htm Malawi: Pressures for a MultiParty System] EISA
[http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/MALAWI_1992_E.PDF Malawi] Inter-Parliamentary Union
All prospective candidates were vetted by Banda after being nominated by MCP committees,[http://www.eisa.org.za/WEP/malonepartyrule.htm Malawi: Era of One Party Rule (1964-1992)] {{Webarchive. link. (2010-01-25 EISA)
(1971). "Malawi Handbook". [[Central Intelligence Agency]].

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