Chitipa South (Malawi Parliament constituency)

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Chitipa South 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 People's Party MP Werani Chilenga.

Election results

ElectionPolitical resultCandidatePartyVotes%±%
Chitipa South general election, 2014 [4]
75 spoilt votes
Electorate: 16,164
Turnout: 12,440 (76.96%)
PP hold
Majority: 3,292 (26.62%)
Werani Chilenga PP 5,74546.46
Lyson Jones Mwandukutu Chione Independent 2,45319.84
Chimango Mughogho (inc.) Independent 2,37619.22
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P.K. Mwelekete Kalua DPP 8016.48
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Bruce Cornet Munthali NARC 4283.46
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Carton Ephraim Sichinga UDF 3963.20
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Manuel Kakoko Kaluwa Kandawa MCP 1060.86
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Yobe-Yobe Kawonga NASAF 600.49
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References

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