Malawian general election, 1983

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General elections were held in Malawi on 29 and 30 June 1983. As the country had become a one-party state in 1966, the Malawi Congress Party was the sole legal party at the time. The number of seats was increased to 101, whilst President-for-life Hastings Banda was able to appoint as many additional members as he saw fit to "enhance the representative character of the Assembly, or to represent particular minority or other special interests in the Republic."^[1] Ultimately, an additional 11 members were appointed.

In 21 constituencies there was only a single MCP candidate, who was elected unopposed. In the remaining 80 seats there were between two and five candidates, all of which were for the MCP.^[1]

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
Malawi Congress Party		100	101	+14
Invalid/blank votes	–	–	–	–
Total		100	101	+14
Registered voters/turnout	3,278,907		–	–
Source: African Elections Database

References

1 2 Malawi Inter-Parliamentary Union

Elections and referendums in Malawi

Presidential elections	1994 1999 2004 2009 2014

Parliamentary elections	1956 1961 1964 1971 1976 1978 1983 1987 1992 1994 1999 2004 2009 2014

Referendums	1993

See also: Elections in the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland

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