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1994 Malawian general election

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Field	Value
country	Malawi
election_date	17 May 1994
module	{{Infobox election
embed	yes
election_name	Presidential election
type	presidential
vote_type	Popular
image_size	130x130px
next_election	1999 Malawian general election
next_year	1999
image1	Visit of Bakili Muluzi, President of Malawi, to the EC - 2002 (cropped).jpg
nominee1	Bakili Muluzi
running_mate1	Justin Malewezi
party1	United Democratic Front (Malawi)
popular_vote1	1,404,754
percentage1	47.15%
image2	Dr HK Banda, first president of Malawi.jpg
nominee2	Hastings Banda
running_mate2	Gwanda Chakuamba
party2	Malawi Congress Party
popular_vote2	996,353
percentage2	33.44%
image3
nominee3	Chakufwa Chihana
party3	Alliance for Democracy (Malawi)
popular_vote3	562,862
percentage3	18.89%
map_image	1994 Malawian presidential election - Results by region and district.svg
map_caption	Results by region (left) and district (right)
title	President
before_election	Hastings Banda
before_party	Malawi Congress Party
after_election	Bakili Muluzi
after_party	United Democratic Front (Malawi)
module	{{Infobox legislative election
previous_election	[1992](1992-malawian-general-election)
next_election	[1999](1999-malawian-general-election)
election_name	Assembly election
embed	yes
seats_for_election	All 177 seats in the National Assembly
majority_seats	89
party1	United Democratic Front (Malawi)
leader1	Bakili Muluzi
last_election1	New
seats1	85
percentage1	46.38
party2	Malawi Congress Party
leader2	Hastings Banda
last_election2	102
seats2	56
percentage2	33.69
party3	Alliance for Democracy (Malawi)
leader3	Chakufwa Chihana
last_election3	New
seats3	36
percentage3	18.97
map	1994 Malawian parliamentary election - Results by constituency.svg
map_caption	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. 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.

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. Voter turnout was 79.6%.

Results

President

National Assembly

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

(20 January 1994). "One of Africa's Last Dictators Bows to Democracy". [[The New York Times]].
Posner, Daniel N. (1995). "Malawi's New Dawn". Journal of Democracy.
[http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/2195_94.htm Malawi: Parliamentary Chamber: National Assembly: Elections held in 1994] Inter-Parliamentary Union
[[Dieter Nohlen]], Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) ''Elections in Africa: A data handbook'', p558 {{ISBN. 0-19-829645-2
https://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."
https://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."

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