Likoma Islands (Malawi Parliament constituency)

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Likoma Islands is a constituency for the National Assembly of Malawi, located in the Likoma 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 DPP MP George Kamwanja.

Election results

ElectionPolitical resultCandidatePartyVotes%±%
Likoma Islands general election, 2014 [2]
191 null & void votes
Electorate: 6,933
Turnout: 5,852 (84.41%)
DPP gain from Independent
Majority: 7 (0.12%)
George Johnsen Kamwanja DPP 1,80231.12
Christopher Ashems Songwe MCP 1,79531.00
Boma Vincent Chirwa PP 1,21120.91
Ada Chris Manda UDF 5389.29
Justin Bright Thundu Independent 4457.68

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References

  1. "africanelectionsportal.org |Malawi|". africanelections.org. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
  2. J Maonga (18 June 2014). "Likoma Islands 21" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 June 2014. Retrieved 2014-08-11.