Malawi
○ Presidential Election
- Seat: 1
- Term of office : 5 years
○ Parliamentary Elections
- Seats: 193
- Term of office: 5 years
○ Election system
· Number of polling stations: 5,006
· Opening and closing time of polling stations
- 6 am and 6 pm respectively
· Number of registered voters: 6,859,570 (2019 election)
· Voter turnout: 74.44% (2019 presidential election)
· Voting age: 18
- Presidential: First-past-the-post system, in which a presidential candidate is declared the winner if they receive the highest number of votes
- Parliamentary: Single-member plurality system multiparty elections
· Voting process: Verify voters' registration certificate -> Cast Ballots
· Counting process
1. Manual Count in Polling Station: take each ballot out of the box one by one consecutively, and display it to the attending public witnesses.
2. The presiding officer posts at the polling station a copy of the duly signed summary of the final result.
3. The District Commissioner compiles the result of the elections in his district on the basis of the duly signed summaries received with such records.
4. Publicly announce the result of the election in each ward and in the entire area of the council.
· Time to take to announce voting results in the country: 48 hours from conclusion of polling