Former president Peter Mutharika is headed for victory in the general election held on 16th September 2025. The 85 year old who became president of Malawi after his brother President Bingu wa Mutharika died is now ahead of the man who beat him in a rerun in 2019.
Results have been delayed in the Southern African country after counting begun on 16th at 6pm after poll closed. Tallied results however seen by Zambian Eye yet to be officially announced compiled by Malawi24 show Mutharika far ahead of the incumbent President Lazarus Chakwera.
President Chakwera
Malawi24 a local publication reports that unofficial Presidential Tallied Results at National Level from National Subtotal (37 Districts, 43 out of 229 Constituencies) puts Mutharika at 78.1% with President Chakwera trailing at 29.5%.
Votes by Candidate
• Lazarus Chakwera (MCP): 236,604 → 29.5%
• Peter Mutharika (DPP): 627,392 → 78.1%
• Dalitso Kabambe (UTM): 53,028 → 6.6%
Overall Totals
• Total valid votes: 917,024
• Total void votes (reported constituencies): 22,812
• Total votes cast (reported constituencies): 939,836
• Total registered voters (reported constituencies): 1,128,306
Results based on 43 out of 229 constituencies tallied so far.
Who is Peter Mutharika?
Arthur Peter Mutharika was born on 18 July 1940 in Thyolo, Malawi. He is a lawyer, academician, and politician.
He studied law at the University of London before earning an LL.M. and J.S.D. from Yale University.
Mutharika spent decades teaching international law and constitutional law at universities in Tanzania, Ethiopia, Uganda, and the United States, including Washington University in St. Louis.
He entered politics under his elder brother, President Bingu wa Mutharika, serving as Minister of Justice, Education, and Foreign Affairs before leading the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). He was elected Malawi’s President in 2014 after the death of his brother.
He won re-election in 2019, but the courts annulled the results due to irregularities.
He lost the 2020 rerun to Lazarus Chakwera, the same man he will most likely beat this time. to become Malawi’s President again.
