National Assembly of Malawi

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The unicameral National Assembly of Malawi is the country's legislative body.

The current National Assembly has 194 members who are directly elected in single member constituencies using the simple majority (or First-past-the-post) system and serve five-year terms.

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**Summary of the 20 May 2004 **National Assembly of Malawi** election results**
	%	Seats
Malawi Congress Party	.	60
United Democratic Front	.	49
Mgwirizano Coalition Republican Party (15 seats) People's Progressive Movement (6 seats) Movement for Genuine Democratic Change (3 seats) Malawi Democratic Party Malawi Forum for Unity and Development National Unity Party People's Transformation Party	.	27
National Democratic Alliance	.	8
Alliance for Democracy	.	6
Non-partisans		38
To be elected in by-elections		6
Total (turnout %)		194
Source: SBS/IRIN/BBC (citing Malawi Election Commission)/Xinhua