(16 Sep 2025)
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Malembo, Malawi -16 September 2025
1. Wide of Malawi president Lazarus Chakwera (central) registering to vote, with his wife Monica Chakwera (behind election booth)
2. Wide of Chakwera walking towards elections booth
3. Wide of military officials at polling station
4. Lazarus Chakwera casting ballot
5. Monica Chakwera casting ballot
6. Wide Chakwera shaking hands with supporter before entering vehicle
7. Wide of woman walking towards election booth to mark ballot
8. Close of woman casting ballot
9. SOUNDBITE (Chichewa) Catherine Chisa, informal trader:
“This vote will change a lot of things in my life, because I believe that after casting my vote the person we voted for will bring about change not only in life but for all Malawians.”
10. Wide of young man casting ballot
11. SOUNDBITE (Chichewa) Chimwemwe Biason, first time voter:
"I feel very happy because I’ve contributed to the numbers of voters in this area."
12. Various of people voting
13. SOUNDBITE (Chichewa) Gift Chafumuka, first time voter
"I want this vote to change things especially development for this nation considering that each leader is different. I cast my vote expecting to see change."
14. Various people standing in queues to vote
STORYLINE:
Malawians cast their votes Tuesday in elections to choose a president, lawmakers and local government representatives at a time of economic turmoil in one of the world’s least-developed countries.
Voters face a choice between giving President Lazarus Chakwera, 70, a second term in office or selecting another leader to solve the southern African nation’s sky-high inflation, cost-of-living crisis and critical fuel shortages.
There are 16 other candidates standing for president in the one-day election, including 85-year-old former president Peter Mutharika, whose victory in a 2019 vote as the incumbent was nullified by a court because of widespread irregularities.
He is viewed as Chakwera’s strongest challenger in this vote.
Another former president, Joyce Banda, also is running for the top position, but analysts see the election as a race between Chakwera of the Malawi Congress Party and Mutharika of the Democratic Progressive Party.
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