Two Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) parliamentary candidates in the September 16 2025 General Election have separately appealed High Court of Malawi verdicts that upheld results in their respective constituencies. Minister of Education, Science and Technology Bright Msaka has filed an appeal challenging the outcome of results in Machinga Likwenu Constituency where Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) declared Tulinje Muluzi of United Democratic Front as the winner. Msaka has filed the appeal alongside MacDonald Makanjira, an independent candidate.
In a separate application, Thomson Kamangira wants the Malawi Supreme Court of Appeal to put aside implementation of a High Court judgement which nullified MEC’s declaration of him as the winner in Nsanje South Constituency. A court notice The Nation has seen shows that the Supreme Court in Blantyre will hear the application by Msaka and Makanjira on March 5 2026. In November last year, the High Court dismissed the duo’s petition that sought the court to order a fresh parliamentary election, citing multiple alleged irregularities before, during and after polling day.
The High Court in Blantyre last week dismissed Kamangira’s application for the court to stay its judgement which nullified MEC results that declared him winner in Nsanje South Constituency. In an interview yesterday, Kamangira’s lawyer Morris Matola M’baya confirmed going to the Supreme Court, but said it was not an appeal but rather a fresh application for the court to stay the High Court order for fresh election. “We have filed an application for a single judge at the Supreme Court of Appeal.
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It is coming as if there was no application in the High Court, it is a new application,” he said. M’baya added that his client’s wish is to stay the High Court judgement before continuing with an appeal at the Supreme Court. Independent candidate Ramuzani Juma Mahommed successfully challenged Kamangira’s victory before the High Court, prompting the court to order MEC to hold fresh elections as Kamangira was “not duly elected to the office of member of the National Assembly for Nsanje South Constituency”.
Judiciary data indicated that Lilongwe Registry completed 31 cases followed by Blantyre with 18 cases, Zomba with 11 and Mzuzu with three. Out of the 94 cases recorded, Lilongwe Registry received 49 while Blantyre had 24, Zomba had 15 and Mzuzu had six.
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