Chitipa East (Malawi Parliament constituency)

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Chitipa East is a constituency for the National Assembly of Malawi, located in the Chitipa District of Malawi's Northern Region. [1] It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system. The constituency is currently represented by Malawi Congress Party MP Kezzie Msukwa.

Election results

ElectionPolitical resultCandidatePartyVotes%±%
Chitipa East general election, 2014 [4]
74 spoilt votes
Electorate: 12,449
Turnout: 13,718 (90.75%)
DPP gain from PP
Majority: 967 (7.81%)
Chizamsoka Oliver Mulwafu DPP 5,70346.08
Kezzie Kasambala Msukwa (inc.) PP 4,73638.27
Alie Alinuswe Willfred Pwele UDF 1,0488.47
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Maria Siya Nachisale MCP 7165.79
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Kenson Philip Malanga Independent 1721.39
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ElectionPolitical resultCandidatePartyVotes%±%
Chitipa East general election, 2009 [7]
365 spoilt votes
Electorate: 12,151
Turnout: 11,582 (95.32%)
Independent hold
Majority: 718 (6.40%)
Kezzie Kasambala Msukwa Independent 5,78551.57
Kenson Philip Malanga New Republican 5,06745.17
Chizamsoka Oliver Mulwafu (inc.) DPP 3653.25
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