By Isaac Salima:
At least 23 election-related cases are pending in the High Court of Malawi.
Ninety-five aspirants for parliamentary seats rushed to court to present grievances.
The cases were filed against Malawi Electoral Commission (Mec) over results of elections that were conducted on September 16, 2025.
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As at now, the court has completed and disposed of 72 cases.
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Records from the Judiciary committee on elections indicate that 23 cases are yet to be concluded.
In Blantyre, the Principal Registry registered 24 cases while the Lilongwe Registry received 50 cases.
At the Mzuzu Registry, six cases were filed while the Zomba Registry registered 15 cases.
Mec declared results for 225 constituencies in the parliamentary elections that took place in September.
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Some of the cases involved Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) vice-president for the Eastern Region Bright Msaka and McDonald Makanjira, who were challenging the victory of United Democratic Front (UDF) candidate Tulinje Muluzi in Machinga Likwenu Constituency.
The court ruled in favour of Muluzi.
DPP vice-president for the Central Region Alfred Gangata also dragged Mec to court and won when he challenged MCP candidate George Zulu and the electoral body over the nullification of results in Lilongwe City Mtandire- Mtsiriza Constituency.
In Chikwawa, former Chikwawa Nkombezi legislator Abida Mia contested alleged irregularities in elections that saw Lloyd Malola of DPP being declared winner.
The court dismissed Mia’s application.
Mec is yet to hold elections in four constituencies, namely Lilongwe City Bwaila, Dedza Mtakataka, Nkhotakota Liwaladzi and Blantyre West.
a need for collaboration
Centre for Multiparty Democracy Executive Director Boniface Chibwana hailed the Judiciary for “swiftly” dealing with the cases.
“Failure to act on such cases leaves people with a lot of questions and, moving forward, I think there is a need for collaboration among all electoral stakeholders so that such cases can be dealt with within a specified period,” Chibwana said.
