Chilima helps MCP’s Lazarus Chakwera to get northern region vote in Malawi fresh poll: counting underway

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BLANTYRE-(MaraviPost)—As results for fresh presidential election are pouring in from different districts, it is clear that the alliance of Lazarus Chakwera of Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and Saulos Klaus Chilima of UTM has served the intended purpose.

In the past elections, MCP has been struggling to penetrate into the northern region which in 2019 appeared to be pro UTM with Chakwera and Peter Mutharika of Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) sharing the leftovers.

But according to unofficial results in some districts in the north, MCP has done well, beating incumbent President  Mutharika with a resounding landslide.

For instance, in  Likoma MCP has 2981 votes while DPP has 1690 votes; in Rumphi MCP 57 517  WHILE DPP has amassed 8909.

 Nkhatabay: MCP = 45 534 | DPP = 11 746
DIFFERENCE = 33 788

 Karonga:
MCP = 74 665 | DPP = 13 356
DIFFERENCE = 61 309

Mzuzu:
MCP = 56 589 | DPP = 6 098

As MCP is performing well in the north, their grip on central region has been shaken but rather extending it further.

The following are some of the results in selected districts that have finished counting the votes in central region.

Dowa: MCP = 235 972 | DPP = 7436
DIFFERENCE = 228 586

 Kasungu.
MCP = 186 412 | DPP = 20 138
DIFFERENCE = 166 274

 Nkhotakota.
MCP = 78 239 | DPP = 21 656
DIFFERENCE = 56 583

Ntchisi.
MCP = 88 985 | DPP = 3 740
DIFFERENCE = 85 245

Salima.
MCP = 77 977 | DPP = 19 666
in the southern and eastern region, DPP is performing extremely well. However, there is an improvement on the part of Malawi Congress Party as they are now able to get some tangible votes in some selected districts.

The following are some of the results in selected districts that have finished counting the votes in central region.


Mulanje.
MCP = 17 499 | DPP = 173 482
DIFFERENCE = *155 983

Chiradzulu:
MCP = 11 777 | DPP = 90 371
DIFFERENCE = 78 594

Neno.
MCP = 6 652 | DPP = 21 878
DIFFERENCE = 15 226

Mwanza.
MCP = 9 456 | DPP = 12 185
DIFFERENCE = 2 729

Nsanje:
MCP = 21 923 | DPP = 57 861
DIFFERENCE = 35 938

Blanytre:
MCP = 142 911 | DPP = 169 757
DIFFERENCE = 26 757

Phalombe:
MCP = 6 092 | DPP = 118 990
DIFFERENCE = 112 898


Total votes in all the districts above:
MCP = 1 121 181
DPP = 758 959
Difference = 362 222


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