MEC to redemarcate constituencies November 5 after by-elections

Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) says it will embark on redemarcation exercise for some constituencies after the November 5 by-elections.

MEC spokesperson Sangwani Mwafulirwa says the pollster decided to embark on the exercise after the by-elections because, he said, this was a major assignment.

“There is need to redemarcate some of the constituencies because some of them are very big while others are very small. Some have 100, 000 voters whilst others have less than 10, 000 voters,” said Mwafulirwa.

The exercise however can be highly political as increasing or decreasing the number of constituencies in regions is sensitive taking into account some of the major political parties have regional strongholds.

Analyst George Phiri has warned MEC to tread carefully when redemarcating the constituencies.