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Consolidated Preliminary Figures of Registered (Following The End of Voter Registration Process)
Election Document
5 February 2025
Mutharika & Anor. v Chilima & Anor. (MSCA Constitutional Appeal 1 of 2020) [2020] MWSC 1 (8 May 2020)
Court annulled presidential return for pervasive procedural irregularities, held majority means 50%+1 of votes cast, ordered fresh election and costs against the Commission.
Electoral law — burden and standard of proof in election petitions (prima facie burden on petitioner; evidential shift to Commission on balance of probabilities) — irregularities (Tippex/altered, duplicate/fake/uncustomised/reserve/unsigned tally sheets; unlawful Constituency Tally Centres; unresolved complaints) — Commission's quasi-judicial complaints power non-delegable — interpretation of 'majority of the electorate' (section 80(2)) as 50% + 1 of votes cast — Attorney General's role in constitutional referrals.
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8 May 2020
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