Visola vya Malaŵi mu 2025

Ŵandale ŵa Malaŵi ŵakalemba pa 16 September 2025 kuti ŵagwire ntchito ya President, maloboti 229 gha National Assembly na ŵakutemwa mu vyaru vyose 509.

## Mbiri ya chiŵeruzo
Chiŵeruzo ichi nchakujumpha cha chachiŵiri chaka cha malamulo gha phindu la chiŵiri lichitira kuti ŵandale ŵanandi ŵapezge mwayi, lichitira kuti pambere chiŵeruzo cha 2019 cha Malaŵi chibwiyike ndipo pa 2020 chindale cha President chikhalepo icho chizgaŵira ŵanthu lamuliro. Mu July 2024, United Transformation Movement (UTM) yachimbira ku Tonse Alliance, ndipo Malawi Congress Party (MCP) yikaŵa yo yikagwilira pa chiŵeruzo pa njila yikuru.

## Njira ya chiŵeruzo
President wa Malaŵi wakwahlulika na two-round system. Nangauli munthu waliyose wakusankha ŵanthu mu chiŵeruzo chachiŵiri, chindale chikulengeka mu masiku 30. Maloboti gha National Assembly ghakwahlulika mu ŵarendaŵa ŵa nyumba yumoza na first-past-the-post voting.

Mwa maluso gha Malawi Electoral Commission, ŵandale 7.2 miliyoni ŵakalembeka pa masuzgo ghathatu gha ku enrol, na ŵakadzi ŵaŵa ŵakalembedwa 57% ya ŵandale. Pa 65%, ŵandale awo ŵali na ulemu wakulondezga ŵakalembeka pang’ono ku cha 80% cha 2019.

## Vyaparty na mafumu
* Malawi Congress Party (MCP) – party ya boma ya President Chakwera; yikaŵa pa chiŵeruzo yumoza na UTM kufuma ku Tonse Alliance mu 2024.
* Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) – party ya opposition; yikakhazikiska President wakale Peter Mutharika mu August 2024.
* People's Party (PP) – yikathandikwa na President wakale Joyce Banda, uyo wakalengekaso kampeni yake pa June 2025.
* United Democratic Front (UDF) – yikakhazikiska na Atupele Muluzi, yikulongosora kuti yikhozga kukwaska chiŵeruzo chabe. 
* United Transformation Movement (UTM) – kufuma pa kufwa kwa mphutsi Saulos Chilima, Vice-President Michael Usi wakakhala leader wa m’bodzi mwa party. Pakumaliya, Dalitso Kabambe wakapambana chiŵeruzo cha leader.

## Ŵanthu ŵa kukwaska chiŵeruzo
### Olemba
* Lazarus Chakwera – President wakale; yikakhazikiska MCP mu August 2024. Running mate ni Vitumbiko Mumba, wakale Minister wa Trade na Industry na Labour.
* Peter Mutharika – President wakale (2014–2020); wakakhazikiska DPP. Running mate ni Jane Ansah, wakale Chairperson wa Malawi Electoral Commission.
* Joyce Banda – President wakale (2012–2014); wakalongosora candidacy yake pa 23 June 2025. Running mate ni Khumbo Kachali, wakale Vice-President mu 2012–2014.
* Dalitso Kabambe – wakale Governor wa Reserve Bank of Malawi na candidate wa UTM. Running mate ni Matthews Mtumbuka.
* Atupele Muluzi – UDF president. Running mate ni Dr. Rex Kalolo.

## Kampeni
Kampeni yikayamba pa 14 July 2025 ku Bingu International Conference Centre (BICC) ku Lilongwe, na yikamalira pa 14 September, masabata ghaŵiri pambere chiŵeruzo cha 16 September 2025.

### Mafumbo gha President
Taskforce ya Presidential Debates, yikachitira mwa MISA Malawi, yikaphalira debates na National Democratic Institute. First debate yikachitika pa 21 August 2025 ku BICC na ku broadcast nationwide. Debate ya second yikapangwa pa 9 September 2025. Ŵanthu ŵakuru, kusazgapo President Lazarus Chakwera na wakale President Peter Mutharika, aŵa ŵakaŵa kuti ŵalephera ku thamanga.

### Lupingu la mtende na Public Affairs Committee
Pa 8 September 2025, PAC yikachita National Day of Prayers na kusaina Peace Declaration ku BICC ku Lilongwe. Ŵanthu ŵanandi, kusazgapo President Lazarus Chakwera, Joyce Banda, Atupele Muluzi, na Dalitso Kabambe, ŵikasimikizga kulimbikira mtende pa chiŵeruzo.

PAC Chairperson, Monsignor Patrick Thawale, wakalongosora kuti chiŵeruzo chizgakhalira mwa mtende na kugwilira ntchito pambere na pambere pa chiŵeruzo.

## Ukaboni