Chitipa Wenya (Malawi Parliament constituency)

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Chitipa Wenya 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 Godfrey Mdulansi Munkhondya.

Election results

ElectionPolitical resultCandidatePartyVotes%±%
Chitipa Wenya general election, 2014 [2]
75 null & void votes
Electorate: 10,487
Turnout: 8,806 (83.97%)
PP hold
Majority: 570 (6.53%)
Godfrey Mdulansi Munkhondya PP 2,66830.56
Chrinze Vaison Midwell Kayira Independent 2,09824.03
Fwasani Matias Nyondo NASAF 1,26914.53
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Manifesto Crydon Kayira Independent 99011.34
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Davies Paulos Ng'ambi DPP 5666.48
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Peterkins Rodney Kondwani Kayira Independent 5306.07
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Kisty Maureen Namwayi UDF 4575.23
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Headrick M.K. Kayira MCP 1531.75
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References

  1. "africanelectionsportal.org |Malawi|". africanelections.org. Retrieved 2014-08-06.
  2. J Maonga (18 June 2014). "Chitipa Wenya 05" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 June 2014. Retrieved 2014-08-06.