Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has said it will not hold a by-election in Dedza south after the constituency member of parliament died last week. MEC chief executive officer Sam Alufandika said it would be illogical to hold a by-election in the area when tripartite elections will be held on May 21. The position of member […]
Pollster, the Malawi Electoral Commission says over 500, 000 people have verified their names through their mobile, a move the MEC chairperson Jane Ansah described as historical. “This shows that the new technology is doing wonders. Even if we close the verification exercise, people will still be able to verify their names through the technology,” […]
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) seems to be embroiled in one mishap after another and the latest is that it has been forced to dispel rumours that its truck was illegally offloading voter verification materials before arriving at its destination at Karonga District Council. But rather, MEC explains, the van — registration number TPE32 — had […]
After carrying out a swift investigation, Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has said the 750 voter registration certificates issued at a centre in Lilongwe which were found abandoned in Mangochi.verified that the voter certificates that were abandoned in Mangochi were forgotten by one of its temporary staff member. According to MEC, the temporary staff member was part […]
While dust is settling on demand by electoral stakeholders for the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) to engage independent investigators to assess components of a biometric voter registration kit that went missing in Mwanza and Mzuzu, MEC says it has sent a team of fact finding mission to Mangochi after 750 voter certificates meant for Lilongwe […]
The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) will start the process of presenting nomination papers to aspiring candidates for the presidency, Member of Parliament and Local Government from Thursday, January 3 in readiness for the May 2019 Tripartite Elections. A statement from MEC signed by Chief Elections Officer, Sam Alfandika released on December 31, says all presidential […]
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has warned political parties and youths in Mangochi District against provocative campaigns and acts capable of breaching peace in the build-up to the 2019 tripartite polls. MEC Mangochi election clerk Mcnight Kachingwe issued the warning on Friday in the district when the electoral body organized a Multiparty Liaison Committee (MPLC) aimed […]
The first phase of voters register verification covering all centres in Kasungu, Nkhotakota, Ntchisi, Dowa, Salima, Mchinji and Dedza districts and Kasungu Municipality will close to the public on Friday December 14 at 4.00pm. A statement from Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) signed by Chief Elections Officer, Sam Alfandika says phase two will run from December […]
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has deleted 13 200 names from the voters’ roll because they had registered more than once. MEC chairperson Jane Ansah said this follows a successful clean up of the voters’ register. “However, due to the removal of multiple registrations the final count of registered voters is 6,859,375. In other words, the […]
The voter verification process has stared in eight of the nine Central Region district except Lilongwe rather on a very low turnout of people on its first day Monday. Registered voters are expected to go to centres where they registered to verify that their names appear un the voters’ roll and that come May 21 […]
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) says it will commence voters’ verification exercise for registered voters of the May 2019 tripartite general election to verify if their names and photographs appear in the register. t from Monday next week to January 9, 2019 . MEC’s director of media and public relations Sangwani Mwafulirwa said in a statement made available to […]
Pollster, the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) says it will not extend time for the receipt of nomination papers from eligible candidates and warned political parties to hold primaries polls on time. MEC spokesperson Sangwani Mwafulirwa said the electoral body will not extend the time for receiving the nomination papers, saying political parties should instead identify […]
The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) is scheduled to meet president of Malawi Congress Party (MCP) Lazarus Chakwera Vice-President Saulos Chilima of UTM party on Friday as part of its program of meeting political party leaders ahead of the May 21 2019 Tripartite Elections. The meetings have been organised to lobby the party leaders support and […]
The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) on Tuesday embarked on a process of meeting and engaging political party leaders ahead of next year’s elections and the process started with meeting President Peter Mutharika at State House in Lilongwe and former President and leader of the People’s Party, Joyce Banda at her Area 43 residence. Chief Elections […]
Pollster, the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) officials have gone flat out encouraging and urging people to go and verify their details in voter registers once the exercise starts on December 10. MEC commissioner Reverend Dr Killion Mgawi said this on Tuesday in Kasungu when he opened a workshop for 63 constituency voter and civic education […]
Voter registration came to an end on November 9, 2018. The preparations for 2019 Tripartite Elections continue. The Commission is now planning for voter verification and nomination of candidates. Because of the increasing number of enquiries from aspirants, this week we look again at the eligibility criteria to contest for the Presidential, Parliamentary or Local […]
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has said it will not re-open voter registration after it has registered 6.8 million eligible voters at the end of the phased registration exercise for the May 21 2019 Tripartite Elections in the country’s 28 districts, representing 81 percent of projected figure. Opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) had pressed MEC to […]
Main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP) says it has instructed its lawyers to take pollster, the Malawi Electoral Commission to court over its failure to reopen some registration centres in central region which faced low turn up in the first phase of the exercise. MCP spokesperson Maurice Munthali said the figures released by MEC shows […]