PUBLIC NOTICE

Preliminary registered voters for sixth phase

The Malawi Electoral Commission is informing the public it has registered 1,113,829 voters in the sixth phase of voter registration. This total represents 100.25 percent of the projected number for the phase which was 1,111,070 registrants. The actual registered voters total is also 23.52 percent above the registration figure for 2010 which is 901,753. This is the highest average ever attained since registration started on July 22, 2013.
Phase six of voter registration took place in Lilongwe City, Chitipa and Dowa districts, Mchinji South and Southwest constituencies and Dedza West, Central, Central East, Southwest and Northwest constituencies

The summary of the registration figures for phase six according to councils is as follows:
Council registered voters 2013 registered voters 2010 % to voter Projected registrants 2010 for 2013 % to voter 2013

registration registration

registration projection

Chitipa Dowa
1

105,501 326,139

97,028 278,124

108.73 % 117.26%

119,550 342,683

88% 95.17%

Mchinji South, South-west Lilongwe City Dedza Central, Southwest, Northwest, West, Central East

85,519

73,558

116.25%

90,632

94.36%

416,577

301,738

138.06%

371,778

112.05%

180,093

151,305

119.03%

186,426

96.60%

Of the total registered voters in the sixth phase 542,265 are men representing 48.68 percent while 571,564 are women representing 51.32 percent. The total of registered voters for all the six phases is 4,873,431 registrants. The details of total voters according to phases are as follows:

2013 registered voters Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3 Phase 4

2

2010 registered voters 515,889 621,511 587,703 796,005

% voter Projected registration registrants to 2010 for 2013 registration 115.45% 114% 115.65% 111.97% 635,639 767,730 724,122 980,776

% voter registration to 2013 projection 93.7% 93% 93.87% 90.88%

595, 602 711,192 679,706 891,302

Phase 5 Phase 6 Total registered Overall percentage increase

881,800 1,113,829 4,873,431

756,372 901,753 4,179,233

116.58% 124% 116.61% 116.61%

931,943 1,111,070 5,151,280

94.62% 100.25% 95% 95%

Some centres in Chitipa and Dowa failed to open for a whole day or two and they were given an automatic extension at the end of the phase equivalent to the period they were non-operational. This was done to fulfill the law which demands that a centre should be open for 14 days. Detailed registration figures for each centre, ward and constituency have been uploaded on MEC website www.mec.org.mw and at http://www.scribd.com/doc/181233857/Phase-6-voter-registrationstatistics-pdf. The Commission is urging stakeholders to exercise caution with the statistics because they are based on preliminary information captured during field operations and might change during computerization exercises. Meanwhile the seventh phase of voter registration is in progress in Lilongwe, Likoma and Nkhata Bay district councils and Mzimba

South-East constituency and Mchinji North, East, West and Northeast constituencies Signed this 6th day of November, 2013

Willie Kalonga Chief Elections Officer