Malawian democracy referendum, 1993

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A referendum on reintroducing multi-party democracy was held in Malawi on 14 June 1993. Over 64% of voters voted to end the Malawi Congress Party's 37-year monopoly on power. Soon afterwards President Hastings Banda, leader since independence, was stripped of both his post of President for Life and most of the dictatorial powers he had held since the institution of one-party rule in 1966. General elections were held the following year, in which Banda was defeated. Voter turnout for the referendum was 67% of the 4.7 million registered voters.^[1]

Results

Choice	Votes	%
Multi-party state	1,993,996	64.69
One-party state	1,088,473	35.31
Invalid/blank votes	70,979	–
Total	3,153,448	100
Registered voters/turnout	4,699,527	67.10
Source: African Elections Database

References

↑ Malawi: 1993 Referendum results EISA

External links

Detailed results by district African Elections Database

Elections and referendums in Malawi

Presidential elections	1994 1999 2004 2009 2014

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Referendums	1993

See also: Elections in the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland

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