MEC Announces Nomination Fees For the Forthcoming General Elections

As we are fast approaching the September, 2025 General Elections, the Malawi Electoral Commission MEC has issued a notice of Bank Accounts for Purposes of Depositing Nomination Fees for the Elections.

Andrew Mpesi who is the Chief Elections Officer at MEC said that in accordance with Section 40(1) of the Presidential, Parliamentary and Local Government Elections Act, 2023, a candidate or their election representative is required to deposit a non-refundable nomination fee with the Returning Officer at the time of collecting a nomination form.

In reference to this, the Commission  advises that all nomination fees for Presidential and Parliamentary Elections should be deposited into Malawi Electoral Commission Presidential and Parliamentary Elections account Number 1040000060645 2.

While Local Government Election fees should be deposited into the  Malawi Electoral Commission Malawi Electoral Commission Account number 1040000014333 which are domiciled at FDH available in all FDH Bank branches for each nomination fee type.

It is also required that Bank Plc and special with account details deposit slips sha1l be pre-printed for each Nomination Fees. Mpesi said, Presidential Candidate nomination fees is K10 million across the board.

MEC announces that Parliamentary elections nomination fees for male Candidate is K2.5 million while female, people with disabilities and  youth candidates less that 35 years old  shall pay K1,250,000 each.

For Local Government elections all male candidates shall pay K200,000 while female, people with disabilities and youth less than 35 years old shall be required to pay K100,000 each.

The Commission is informing all political parties, aspiring candidates and all electoral stakeholders that payment of nomination fees and collection of nomination papers will commence on 10th June 2025.

All Parliamentary and Local Government Elections candidates will collect their nomination papers at their respective council offices while all presidential aspirants will collect from the Commission’s head office in Lilongwe.

Further, the Commission wishes to advise that where a political party intends to pay nomination fees on behalf of its candidates, the party must notify the Chief Elections Officer in writing. Upon receipt of such notification, the Commission will provide further guidance directly to the political party.