23/09/2025
Good morning
Opposition candidate Arthur Peter Mutharika, fondly known as APM, is within striking distance of reclaiming the presidency, he lost in the fresh Presidential election in 2020.
With results from 24 of 36 councils declared, APM has already secured 2 138 746 votes — 66.7 percent of the 3 206 686 valid ballots counted so far.
To cross the constitutional 50+1 threshold of 2 344 587 votes, APM now needs just 205 841 votes from the remaining 12 councils.
President Lazarus Chakwera, by contrast, faces an uphill battle as he requires 1 609 931 votes from those same councils to reach the same benchmark.
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) data shows that 3 293 767 Malawians voted in the declared Councils, with 83 781 ballots rejected as void votes, representing about 2.5 percent of total votes cast.
All eyes are now on the final 12 councils. Will APM maintain his commanding lead, or can Chakwera defy the odds?
(Report by Eric Mtemang’ombe)
