Peter Mutharika declared winner in Malawi presidential election

Malawi’s ex-president Peter Mutharika swept back into power with 56.8 percent of votes in last week’s elections, the election commission announced Wednesday, hours after the incumbent, Lazarus Chakwera, conceded defeat.

Malawis Former President and leader of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Arthur Peter Mutharika speaks to the crowd at a political rally to officially launch the partys manifesto at Mjamba Freedom Park August 3, 2025. Two former Malawian presidents on August 3, 2025 launched separate campaigns to unseat President Lazarus Chakwera in the country’s upcoming general elections scheduled for September 16, 2025.
Addressing thousands of supporters in Malawi’s second-largest city, Blantyre, Chakwera’s longtime rival Peter Mutharika, 85, vowed to “rescue” the country from political and economic hardship.
The retired law professor, who leads the main opposition Democratic Progressive Party, served as president from 2014 to 2020, when his re-election was annulled by the courts due to irregularities. (Photo by Amos GUMULIRA / AFP)

Chakwera took 33 percent of ballots cast on September 16, the authority announced, in a vote dominated by soaring living costs in the impoverished country.

Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) supporters celebrate after Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera conceded defeat in last week’s vote, in Lilongwe on September 24, 2025. Malawi’s ex-president Peter Mutharika was on course for re-election September 24, 2025 after the incumbent, Lazarus Chakwera, conceded defeat in last week’s vote.
The dire state of the economy in the small southern African country of 21 million people dominated the September 16 vote, with Chakwera accused of mismanagement and broken promises during his five-year term. (Photo by Amos GUMULIRA / AFP)

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