The Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has yesternight declared Professor Arthur Peter Mutharika of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) as the winner of this year’s presidential election, officially making him the country’s 7th Head of State.

The announcement was made by MEC Chairperson, Justice Anabel Ntalimanja, who declared Mutharika victorious after securing 3,035,249 votes, defeating outgoing president Dr. Lazarus Chakwera of the Malawi Congress Party (MCP), who garnered 1,765,170 votes.

Mutharika, who was voted out of office in 2020 following the rise of the Tonse Alliance under Chakwera and Late Saulos Chilima, has now staged a political comeback to reclaim the presidency.

Across the country, jubilant DPP supporters took to the streets late into the night, waving party flags an

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