Elections
Mutharika Declared Winner of 2025 Malawi Presidential Election
The Malawi Electoral Commission has declared Professor Arthur Peter Mutharika winner of the 2025 presidential election with 56.8 percent of the vote. MEC chairperson Justice Annabel Mtalimanja hailed the poll as free and fair, urging Malawians to remain united.
The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has declared Professor Arthur Peter Mutharika of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) as the duly elected President of the Republic of Malawi following the September 16, 2025, presidential election.
Announcing the results in Lilongwe on Wednesday, MEC Chairperson Justice Annabel Mtalimanja said Mutharika secured 3,035,249 votes, representing 56.8 percent of the 5,347,757 valid votes cast.
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His closest challenger, Dr. Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera of the Malawi Congress Party (MCP), garnered 1,765,170 votes, accounting for 33 percent.
Dr. Dalitso Kabambe of UTM Party came third with 211,413 votes, representing 4 percent.
Other candidates, including Atupele Muluzi of UDF and Dr. Joyce Banda of the People’s Party, received less than 2 percent each.
Justice Mtalimanja described the poll as “free and fair and a true reflection of the will of the people of Malawi.”
She commended voters for their patience, saying: “Election is a serious business, it sets the democratic agenda and the leadership of the entire country. Therefore, we must ensure at all cost that the entire process commands the trust of the public.”
She further confirmed that retired Justice Dr. Jane Ansah has been elected Vice-President alongside Mutharika.
The swearing-in ceremony, according to the Constitution, will take place not earlier than seven days but within 30 days from the declaration date.
In her closing remarks, Justice Mtalimanja urged Malawians to accept the outcome peacefully.
“What binds us together as Malawians is much stronger than what separates us into political parties. Let us all work together to give our future generation a better, stronger and prosperous Malawi,” she said
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