Malawi 2025 CSO-Led Election Situation Room (ESR) Report
Malawi 2025 CSO-Led Election Situation Room (ESR) Report
August 3, 2026
The Malawi 2025 CSO-Led Election Situation Room Report presents findings from nationwide monitoring of the 16 September 2025 General Elections. Through the Maso Athu digital platform, the Election Situation Room deployed 6,840 trained observers across all 509 wards and 229 constituencies to collect, verify, and analyse real-time electoral information. The initiative recorded 3,574 incidents, verified and escalated 87 per cent of them, and supported the resolution of 212 critical cases, while the iVerify tool flagged more than 2,000 potential instances of misinformation. The report concludes that voting, counting and results transmission were generally peaceful, orderly and credible, and that the results accurately reflected the will of Malawian voters. It also highlights areas requiring further attention ahead of future elections, including allegations of vote-buying, misinformation, gaps in security deployment, and the continued underrepresentation of women in political and security roles.