By Smile Hamilton, Malawi
Opposition candidate Arthur Peter Mutharika, fondly known as APM, is within striking distance of reclaiming the presidency he lost in the 2020 fresh presidential election.
With results from 24 of 36 councils declared, APM has already secured 2,138,746 votes — representing 66.7 percent of the 3,206,686 valid ballots counted so far.
To cross the constitutional 50+1 threshold of 2,344,587 votes, APM now needs just 205,841 votes from the remaining 12 councils.
President Lazarus Chakwera, by contrast, faces an uphill task as he requires 1,609,931 votes from those same councils to reach the same benchmark.
According to data from the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC), 3,293,767 Malawians voted in the declared councils, with 83,781 ballots rejected as void, representing about 2.5 percent of the total votes cast.
All eyes are now on the final 12 councils. Will APM maintain his commanding lead, or can Chakwera defy the odds?
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