{"id":8067,"date":"2025-09-16T08:08:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T08:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ahead.africa\/?post_type=election&#038;p=8067"},"modified":"2026-03-12T16:00:46","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T16:00:46","slug":"malawi","status":"publish","type":"election","link":"https:\/\/ahead.africa\/en\/election\/malawi\/","title":{"rendered":"Malawi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Voter registration <\/strong>resulted in 7,203,390 registered voters, including 4,114,720 women (57%) and 137,925 persons with disabilities (~1.92%).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Nomination fees for women, youth, and persons with disabilities were reduced by 50%<\/strong>, encouraging broader participation in candidate registration.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Dialogue and national reconciliation<\/strong> helped reduce political tensions and promote a peaceful electoral environment.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Polling stations opened largely on time<\/strong> with essential materials and officials, though minor delays occurred due to biometric system glitches.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Biometric Voter Identification System (BMVIDS)<\/strong> was used for voter verification; technical issues occurred at some polling stations but were quickly resolved.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Priority voting measures<\/strong> were implemented for elderly voters, persons with disabilities, pregnant women, and nursing mothers.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Voting was peaceful and orderly<\/strong>, with voters queuing patiently and casting ballots without major disruptions.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Election officials generally followed procedures<\/strong>, including identity verification, ballot handling, and counting.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Security forces<\/strong> maintained a presence at polling stations, contributing to a calm and safe environment during elections.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Insufficient <strong>campaign finance transparency<\/strong>, inadequate signage and voter guidance at some polling stations, and limited legal provisions to facilitate inclusion of youth, women, and persons with disabilities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":9863,"template":"election","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"grantees":[],"observer":[29,26],"partner":[8,59],"region":[86,63],"class_list":["post-8067","election","type-election","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","observer-esn-sa","observer-zimbabwe-election-support-network","partner-esn-sa","partner-zesn","region-malawi","region-southern-africa"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahead.africa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/election\/8067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahead.africa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/election"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahead.africa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/election"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahead.africa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahead.africa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"grantees","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahead.africa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/grantees?post=8067"},{"taxonomy":"observer","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahead.africa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/observer?post=8067"},{"taxonomy":"partner","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahead.africa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/partner?post=8067"},{"taxonomy":"region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahead.africa\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/region?post=8067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}