PUBLIC
NOTICE
 |
| MEC Chief Elections Officer, Mr Willie Kalonga |
The Malawi
Electoral Commission is informing the public that registration for the 2014
Tripartite Elections ended on December 18, 2013 at the end of phase 9 of the voter
registration drive.
During the
exercise, the Commission registered a total 7,537,548 voters nationwide. This represents 94.10 percent of the projected
total for the exercise which was 8,009,734 registrants. The total registered is
also 16 percent above the 6,500,759 voters in 2010.
Of the total
registered voters, 3,481,365 are men representing 46.19 percent while 4,056,183
are women representing 53.81 percent.
Registration
started on July 22, 2013 and covered nine phases of 14 days each. The summary
of the registered voters according to districts/councils is as follows:
COUNCIL
|
ACTUAL VOTERS REGISTERED FOR 2014
TRIPARTITE ELECTIONS
|
PROJECTED
FIGURES FOR 2014
|
%
VOTER REGISTRATION TO TOTAL PROJECTION
|
||
MALE
|
FEMALE
|
TOTAL
|
|||
Chitipa
|
48,028
|
57,473
|
105,501
|
119,550
|
88.25
|
Karonga
|
74,511
|
86,235
|
160,746
|
172,579
|
93.14
|
Rumphi
|
53,083
|
55,277
|
108,360
|
122,941
|
88.14
|
Nkhatabay
|
62,202
|
66,864
|
129,066
|
135,933
|
94.95
|
Likoma
|
3,351
|
3,491
|
6,842
|
6,672
|
103
|
Mzuzu City
|
48,015
|
47,642
|
95,657
|
89,204
|
107.23
|
Mzimba
(M’mbelwa)
|
200,029
|
232,981
|
433,010
|
487,221
|
88.87
|
Northern Region Total
|
489,219
|
549,963
|
1,039,182
|
1,134,100
|
91.63
|
Kasungu District
|
170,124
|
173,915
|
344039
|
383,137
|
89.80
|
Kasungu Municipality
|
16,036
|
15,340
|
31,376
|
30,194
|
103.91
|
Nkhotakota
|
85,420
|
92,568
|
177,988
|
188,673
|
94.34
|
Ntchisi
|
63,071
|
68,465
|
131,536
|
140,664
|
93.51
|
Dowa
|
156,006
|
170,133
|
326,139
|
342,683
|
95.17
|
Salima
|
82,343
|
102,122
|
184,465
|
197,414
|
93.44
|
Mchinji
|
130,899
|
139,248
|
270,147
|
289,568
|
93.29
|
Lilongwe
District
|
307,713
|
363,799
|
671,512
|
706,837
|
95.00
|
Lilongwe
City
|
218,439
|
198,363
|
416,802
|
371,778
|
112.11
|
Dedza
|
148,654
|
197,041
|
345,695
|
360,663
|
95.85
|
Ntcheu
|
116,290
|
148,693
|
264,983
|
277,658
|
95.44
|
Central Region Total
|
1,494,995
|
1,669,687
|
3,164,682
|
3,289,270
|
96.21
|
Mangochi
District
|
181,491
|
245,381
|
426,872
|
452,502
|
94.34
|
Mangochi
Town Council
|
12,145
|
13,194
|
25,339
|
27,547
|
91.99
|
Balaka
|
81,249
|
105,429
|
186,678
|
202,268
|
92.29
|
Machinga
|
115,655
|
155749
|
271,404
|
305,000
|
88.99
|
Zomba
District
|
140756
|
176705
|
317461
|
346,393
|
91.65
|
Zomba
City Council
|
27611
|
25175
|
52786
|
56,219
|
93.89
|
Chiradzulu
|
73,558
|
95,405
|
168,963
|
179,396
|
94.18
|
Blantyre
Rural
|
98,740
|
116,054
|
214,794
|
239,298
|
89.76
|
Blantyre
City
|
195,326
|
177,028
|
372,354
|
401,820
|
92.67
|
Mwanza
|
23,983
|
30,690
|
54,673
|
53,414
|
102.36
|
Neno
|
28,529
|
33,567
|
62,096
|
61,082
|
101.66
|
Thyolo
|
135,521
|
177,324
|
312,845
|
340,109
|
91.98
|
Luchenza Municipality Council
|
4,925
|
4,721
|
9,646
|
12,628
|
76.39
|
Phalombe
|
78,855
|
101,124
|
179,979
|
190,696
|
94.38
|
Mulanje
|
129,501
|
176,795
|
306,296
|
320,261
|
95.64
|
Chikhwawa
|
113,680
|
131,182
|
244,862
|
260,256
|
94.09
|
Nsanje
|
55,626
|
71,010
|
126,636
|
139435
|
90.82
|
Southern Region Total
|
1,497,151
|
1,836,533
|
3,333,684
|
3,588,322
|
92.90
|
National Grand Total
|
3,481,365
|
4,056,183
|
7,537,548
|
8,009,734
|
94.10
|
The
Commission is also informing the public that 775,564 voters were registered in
phase 9 representing 94.10 percent of the total projected 824,912. The total
registered for phase 9 is also 115.95 percent of 669,505 voters registered in
2010. Phase 9 covered Nkhotakota and Salima
districts, Mzuzu City, Mzimba South, Mzimba Solola, Kasungu North, Kasungu
North-West, Kasungu South and Kasungu South-East constituencies and the total
registered voters according to councils is as follows:
Council
|
2013 registered
voters
|
2010 registered
voters
|
% voter registration to 2010 registration
|
Projected
registrants for 2013
|
% voter registration to 2013 projection
|
Mzuzu City
|
95,657
|
72,399
|
132.12
|
89,204
|
107.23
|
Mzimba
(M’mbelwa)
|
107,389
|
96,250
|
111.57
|
118,592
|
90.55
|
Kasungu district
|
178,689
|
162,999
|
109.63
|
200,835
|
88.97
|
Kasungu
municipality
|
31,376
|
24,506
|
128.03
|
30,194
|
103.91
|
Nkhotakota
|
177,988
|
153,128
|
116.23
|
188,673
|
94.34
|
Salima
|
184,465
|
160,233
|
115.13
|
197,414
|
93.44
|
Detailed
registration figures for each centre, ward and constituency for the entire
registration exercise have been uploaded on MEC website www.mec.org.mw.
The
Commission is urging stakeholders to exercise caution with the statistics
because they are based on preliminary information captured during field
operations and might change during computerization exercises.
The
Commission wishes to thank: all persons who presented themselves for voter
registration, civil society organizations who mobilized people to register,
traditional leaders for their active participation in motivating people to
register, political parties that mobilized people to register and all
registration staff (District Elections Supervisory Teams, Quality Control
Managers, Camera Operators, Supervisors and Clerks). Their participation
contributed to make the exercise a success.
Signed this 30th
day of December, 2013
Willie Kalonga
Chief
Elections Officer
