Kwachaaa! MCP defeat DPP 5-1 in by-elections: Msungama, Gwengwe elected as MPs
Main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) has won a popularity test against the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) with by-election gains which has seen the party shrugging off challenge in the Lilongwe by-elections.
By-elections in Lilongwe City South East were called after a Malawi Supreme Court of Appeal order for a rerun after noting irregularities in the parliamentary race on May 20 2014 whereas in the areas the vacancies arose following deaths of office holders.
The court nullified the May 20 2014 parliamentary results in Lilongwe City South East Constituency that declared Bentley Namasusu of DPP winner.
MCP contestant in the elections, Ulemu Msungama, challenged the results on the basis of irregularities, something the court upheld.
Msungama on Tuesday got his electoral justice when he won the contest when he got 6 722 votes of the 11 616 cast against 3 597 for his closest challenger, DPP’s Reuben Ngwenya. Other candidates, Ellen Kadango and Christopher Manja had 311 and 891 votes, respectively while 95 were null and void.
In Lilongwe Msozi North, MCP’s candidate former president Joyce Banda’s running mate in the May 20 2014 Tripartite Elections, Sosten Gwengwe, secured victory to return to parliament with 10, 015 votes against DPP’s Bruno Daka who polled 2559.
In Mtsiriza Ward, results announced at the tally centre indicated MCP candidate Kinwel Frank Zikaola got 921 votes compared to 825 for Julio Benedicto Jumbe of DPP and 169 for UDF’s Brighton Golombe Edward. There were 39 null and void votes. The area has 11 621 registered voters.
MCP has also won parliamentary seat in Nsanje Lalanje and a Local government ward in Ndirande Malabada while DPP won only in Dedza Mayani – translating in 51 victory.
“ The by-electionst signals to everyone that the political pendulum in our country is swinging,” MCP director of elections Maxwell Thyolera told Nyasa Times.
He said voters have delivered a stinging rebuke to the DPP.
Thyolera said DPP attempted to fraudntley win the by-elections but their party machinery were awake.
He said theMCP victory against DPP which used tax funds for campaign will be a major psychological blow to President Peter Mutharika and the ruling party.
“We have shown that despite some dirty politics against MCP, we are force to reckon with,” he said.
He said the by-elections were a “mini-referendum about the future of Malawi” and that voters have indicated they want change.
The Tuesday’s vote sent a clear message that the electorate cannot be taken for granted.
MCP has also shown that it could challenge the ruling DPP in its strongholds.
Ernest Thindwa, who teaches political science at Chancellor College, a constituent college of the University of Malawi, said DPP loss in Nsanje Lalanje would affect DPP morale and “dampen their spirits.”
Mustapha Hussein, another political analyst based at Chancellor College, said Nsanje Lalanje win for MCP will mean “the MCP is getting a foothold in the Southern Region” which has been the political bedrock of the ruling party.
he by-elections were held in Lilongwe Msozi North Constituency, Mayani North Ward in Dedza, Lilongwe City South East Constituency, Mtsiliza Ward in Lilongwe, Ndirande Makata Ward and Nsanje Lalanje Constituency in Nsanje District.
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Congratulations. Please love one another , trials may come but if yu put God first you will overcome.
DPP must go back to the drawing board. They need to understand that Malawians are observing what is going on.
MCP ndi deal
Congratulations from abroad to my party MCP! Coming home in 2019. Pitala ndi mbava zonse zichoke basi. MCP woyeeeeeeeee!
Malawians don’t forget that DPP came to power by cheating. I followed that by-election. People were on guard to any manipulation. DPP had no chance to steal they tried but never worked. 2019 election is open. People can not be alert whole country DPP will still have a chance to steal. Just wait and see 2019.
kkkkkkkkkk they can’t to reposition themselvees in a YEAR…. chachepa kwambiri…
they have to address convention confliocts, problems we are currently facing, convince the lower shire to dump MCP completely….
in a YEAR, that is hell a lot of work….
neba mumuwuze iyiyi inali friendly, amamenya ndi reserve… team yeniyeni ikubwela!!!!
DJ ikatha MAhempe! uponye njododa!!!1
DPP kuba kwambiri,Malawians will not forget that you started with stealing Malawi Savings Banks .Ikakhala cashgate you are the founding fathers.
LANGIZO KWA SOSTEN GWENGWE: Chonde bwanawe udzichepetse, usaponye maso mmwamba mwachangu. MCP ikanakhala chipani china akadakana kuti uyime pa MCP ticket.
Malawians have woken up from a deep slumber, thank you Jesus!
The major problem with our Mighty Party – The DPP (The party I really loves) is ‘Harassing and beating innocent people!’. We are in the new Malawi. We totally do not need this notorious youthful group known as ‘Young Democrats or DPP Cadets. I loved Dr Bingu and I also love Prof Peter Wa Mutharika. But I hate these so called DPP Cadets. These cadets are spoiling our Mighty Party – DPP. I wonder why our President is just watching at these brutes spoiling the Mighty Party. Anyway, Congrats Mighty MCP. Congrats Chakwera!
zatembenuka we need change basi a Malawi tiyeni tibwelele ku kongressi
I think even in Mayani, MCP may have won. Looking closely into it you would find that something suspicious happened there, to put DPP on top
Ine Santana ndikuti ndimangotsatira pakuti katunduyu ndi wakwathu. Ndimaona kuti ndikapanda kumugulika mwiniwanga palibe atandigulikire. Something must be wrong in our dpp camp. If these by election results are anything to go by then MCP will indeed rule this country come 2019. Bravo Dr. Chakwera bravo MCP 2019 boma.
Santana kaya Satana ali kuphiri olo kuti ku State House ndi amayi kudya therere Amayi analiphika bwino hahaha nyimbo ya santana ndiiyi-:usawasiye choncho eeeeeh usawasiye choncho adzolowera; Adyere Abwana akoo nanga siogunata haha
DPP.
-we want 20% wage bill increase mid-term budget review for public service
-we want market for Nandolo and other crops. People have produce but no good market
-we want immediate stop of blackouts
-we want immediate stop of sponsoring Kabwila, Njobvuyalema, Jumbe, Kaliwo, Chantinka and retired and failed chairmen
This is a no confidence vote in DPP and it’s mutharika. If Mutharika wants a place in Malawi’s history books, he needs to stand down now and call for an early election. There’s no need to wait for 2019.
I remember this other guy by the name John Good, he said to Gladys Ganda, balirani kaye maliro ya amuna anu, and this other guy as well said, Nthchito mwaisiya ku Bank mudzailira, eish guys ndayamba kuopa ine, zikuoneka kuti anthu inu ndithu chidziwitso pansi pa mtima wanu mulinacho,am not saying you are prophets here no, continue listening to your heart, seriously we need people like you, who can speak and things happen exactly what you said.
Am sure where Mrs Late Ganda is, she is regretting of this.
This shows the turn around of regional politics. The aged should go and leave the country with real leaders. Mbavazi nthawi yawo yatha. Bravo MCP
It reminds of the song by Mlaka Maliro “Njododa” this is reality check and vote of no confidence Mbava pa ulendo come 2019 Congrats MCPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP
Hello my fellow commentators! before i read your comments let me humble myself by congratulating the Malawi Congress Party[MCP] for whooping the DPP. I really didn’t expect this embarrassing defeat. Well i saw it coming but as a DPP follower i had to stand by my party but like i said i didn’t expect this 5-1 loss. It is indeed a huge defeat, i therefore salute the Malawi Congress Party administration for well organised and prepared campain. It’s really a massive victory. Congratulations also die hard and happy supporters of MCP.
Malawi is for all of us and this is our home, you are welcome.
Congratulations to MCP and we hope that the DPP will respect the people’s verdict and start to re-position themselves accordingly. DPP, clean your house, otherwise, you will finish a distant third or forth in 2019 if you are not careful. Malawian people can no longer be fooled. Corruption, nepotistic appointments, violence and arrogance should not be part of a democratic state. When we want change, we do it in that small ballot box. We gave Muluzi the mandate in 1994 because we wanted change but he too became an arrogant thief. We did the same for Bingu’s second term and lo, God saw that he too was not the right leader for Malawi. Now people are fed up with this regime and I can bet that if we went to polls today, MCP will carry the day because we want change for the better Malawi!
Mini apite kwa Pitala Muthalika,Jeff was Jeffrey, Nicholas Dausi,Francis Kasaila,Jappie Mhango ndi Kondwani Nankhumwa.Timakunyadilani!!!!!!
SADYEKA WADYEKA OSATI NDI NDI NYANGA ZOMWE KOMA NDI ZIBODA ZA MANG’INA ZOMWE.
Congratulations to MCP and all Malawians for the wonderful result. I would like particularly thank the people of Ndirande Malabada and Nsanje Lalanje for the coming out of the cacoon of regionalistic choices and voting wisely, you deserve a big part at the back.
As we are jubilating this resounding victory, I urge MCP leadership to promptly organise rallies to thank voters in all the constituencies that had the recent vote for trust they have shown in the party.
Kwa anzathu oluza a DPP pa forum iyi monga a Santana ndi a Winston Msowoya, your party has miseralbly failed this litmus test and you can now clearly see that the politcal landscape in Malawi has changed. Please concede your defeat by posting something.
IN LATE DU CHISIZA’S WORDS I SAY”MCP NDIKUTI YAGWIRA NSEWU!!”
Where is Santana with his overconfidence? It will be worse in 2019,and I predicted a major heart attack for DPP officials.
Dausi, keep on using bombastic language against the opposition while it silently controls the political pendulum. WA Jeffrey, keep on insulting northerners and opposition while God is blessing them. Jappie Mhango keep on initiating violence against the opposition while the noose is slowly tightening on you, and finally, Professor Peter Murtharika, keep on sleeping on your job while people’s confidence is growing in Dr Lazarus Chakwera and by 2019,you will realize that the north, the center, and the south are all overwhelmingly supporting the MCP president. VIVA MCP, VIVA Dr Lazarus Chakwera and may the almighty God bless him!
moto kuti buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
APita Magetsi ku DPP, blackouts , governments not paying suppliers, people are fed up
Nankhumwa told his boss in Phalombe that DPP will win 6-0 and we want to him to say it again in public if his words were true. Mwamuna mnzako mpachulu ulinga utakwerapo. You are going to pay back all the money to the city council which they paid you as contributions towards blue night. Wa Jeffrey/Ntaba tatiuzeni pano pa chamba nda? You should learn to respect voters. Power to the people!!! Mutharika must dismiss, Wa Jeffrey, Ntaba and Nankhumwa- they are liars and irrelevant to Malawi.
Sosten Sosten Sosten how many times did I call your name wandimva usiye kutengeka wamva iwe ndiwa KONGE basi osati uku wapiti uku wapita
‘Kanthu kanyeka!’
This is good news! Where is Santan/Satana? Is he still alive with this blow. I want to hear his comment on this development. I pray that he should not collapse with this news: MCP 5 DPP 1.
Zachamba, za ziiii! You are all stupid. DPP mumayidziwa?
Lol hahahahahah wapsya mtima uyo
Zikuchita kubeba kkkkkkk,, DPP kuba mukhaula. ingopemphelani kuti 2019 isafike mwachangu popeza izi zangoyamba kumene,musanati. akhakhakha achabechabe
Where is stupid, bustard, brainless, headless, stinking SANTANA?
Ndirande is the biggest win in the by-election for MCP.
See how much damage CHAPONDA has done to the party??? Worse is yet to come!
Santana, alikuti? Comment yanu kuti bwanji?
My free advice to APM is to remove the dead wood now – I mean excess baggage in his party. Your ship is sinking and rescue is not in sight. DPP prophets (free riders) couldn’t interpret words on the wall correctly. They saw light where there is darkness. The hurricane against misrule, corruption and nepotism is now upgraded to a higher category with Nsanje Lalanje votes. Wakutsina khutu ndi mnasi. Dzivere mtolo. The days for DPP are numbered.
this is a litmus test to dpp showing a nose dive like how the malawi kwacha is behaving in dpp failed era. apiece of advise to dpp govt:
1. remove all the dpp political strategists if you need to have salt in 2019
2.buy the remaining maize as quickly as possible from the poor farmers
3.tobacco prices should be good enough to support poor people/farmers
4.stop affiliating gvt development to ddp party
5.remove wa jeffry she is a failure in politics
6.stop depending on your advisers they are all liers and opportunists
#ForwardThinkingYouth4MCP
Congratulations MCP!!! Ife we are standing by you all the way makosana. We will not support the foolishness and mediocrity that is waist high in DPP.
KWACHAAAAAAAAA!!!!!
#ForwardThinkingYouth4MCP
Kwaaaaaacha!!!! MCP 2019 Boma ilooooooo!!!!
A ngwenya chigayo musazule asiyeni anthu agaitse mmene munalonjezera. To those who follow my comments if you remember I congratulated in advance Hon. Msungama, Hon. Sosten Gwengwe and Hon. Lawrence Sitolo and welcomed them to the August house a week ago. Not forgetting MCP councillors to the councils. I saw it coming coz I knew DPP can’t win and come 2019 it will be in opposition with less than 30 MPs.
Patsogolo ndi MCP patsogolo ndi Dr. Lazurus Chakwera….!!! The only hope for Malawians.
Tangoyamba chabe, 2019 DPP siipezako ndi mmodzi yemwe Mp, kkkkk
Achedwa ndi kupopanamagazi. Honestly Pitala is very dull and not a charismatic leader at all. He is by far not like Bingu. This man is a foreigner who is here just for a state funeral. How come he goes to preside over superstitions? How come he lets corruption rule the country? How come he lets deforestation continue and all these blackouts with explananation. Malawians are becoming cleverer than before and they know they do not get food from state house. Stupid shameful dpp. Atupele learn a lesson from this and pull out of this stupid government.
Kwachaaaaaaa! Pitala mutu sukugwira pano hehede!
By the way how do you do this, you replace the cheat, Namasusu, with the thief, Ngwenya and expect to win people’s hearts?
The margin is just too much, zokoma izi anajaila anayamba kuliona dziko ngati lawo
ndazikonda izi,
THIS A SIGN THAT PEOPLE ARE FED UP WITH MEDIOCRITY
Congrats MCP! This is time to continue building the party… DPP has failed big time and with the dying of UDF, MCP will have a chance to get some votes in the southern region. What needs to be now is to put some committees and structures so pipo should know MCP is here to stay. on the other hand, take care of those inhouse fighting please. #ana adyedwa ma plain plain. Akumva PHEEEEEEEEEENIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
Wakufa lero! sabwerera! sabwerera! fumbi ku fumbi dothi ku dothi. by Billy Kaunda.. Ineyo Nyapapi andinamnxa ndi uyu, uyu, ndani uyu.. eee! eya Nankhumwa ndi anzache a ujeni awa. koma next time I will fhaiti Congrenxi by far. tipanganxo by election ina chaka cha mawa February aonanso
Akanakhala ena a Dpp akadayamba kupereka ulemu kwa anthu, a Dausi, Kasaila, aMphepo, Jefrey anthu onyada odzimva opanda khalidwe ndipo Mulungu akafuna kuwonetsera mphamvu yake amatero. 2019 ena adzathawa ndithu ndipo anthu adataya chikhulupiriro ndi BOMA la mtundu umodzi ngati limeneli
Congratulations to MCP and the winning individuals. DPP will continue to be haunted by the following: nepotism, tribalism, corruption, theft of public resources, abuse of office, Chaponda, violence, murder of innocent souls, under performance, burning of government structures built by well mannered leaders, disrespect for local leaders and many other evil acts.
DPP can fool some people sometimes but they will not fool all the people all the times. 2019 will mark the climax of revenge by the masses against DPP. Its payback time for the blue camp.
Khakhakhakha khokhokhokho khikhikhikhi mai ine mai kalanga ine!! wina adzimanga basi,! i cant stop laughing on you yes you!!!!!!! hahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!! bwanji kumeneko misala yayambatuu hahahahahahahaha!! kikkkkkkkkk!! Sitolo moto kuti buuu, Msungama, moto kuti buuuu, Gwengwe moto kuti buuuu!!! am very happy kuti wina wachita manyazi pano. Congratulations Nsanje Lalanje.
Tigwirizane pano, osakazula chigayo chija ndipo anthu apitilize kugaya mwaulele, zopusa ayi, ndipo ndasave zimenezo mukatero mukuphera ufulu aMalawi. Tikuyamikeni bwana Ngwenya poti tudziwa kuti chigayocho ndi ndalama zathu kale zomwe mwagwiritsa ntchito. Eish!!!!!! koma zosangalatsa bwanji?
Congratulations MCP for sweeping all the seats in by-elections except for Dedza ward. This is a strong litmus test for the ruling party. DPP pull up your socks. MCP congrats, don’t relax, you still have alot of homework to do. Besides that, keep your eyes on May 20, 2019 for you to perform remarkably.
ANTHUFE TIKUONA ZONSE ZIMENE ZIKUMACHITIKAZI , KUTUKWANA ,KUNYOZANA, KUOPSEZANA SIZINGAMUPANGE MUNTHU KUTI AVOTERE ANTHU OTENE, ICHI NDICHIYAMBI CHABE TIYENI KU 2019 NDIPAMENE MUWADZIWE AMALAWI.
Akutimwa magazi awa ndiye angawavotere ndani? Ngati akumwa magazi abale awofe ku lomwe belt konkuno angawine? By election ina ibwere kuno ku mulanje, thyolo, phalombe and chiradzulo you will see how the lomwes are sad with this DPP government
Kodi Santana alikuti lero, wakomoka?
Ndine mmodzi wofusa kodi uyu amadziwika panini kuti santana alipo ndipo akuti chiyan?dziko ili mwini wake ndi mulungu……zokamba zambiri ndilibe 2019 mcp nd I boma bassiiiiii