Chamber:
	National Assembly
Dates of elections / renewal (from/to):
	26 June 1992 27 June 1992
Purpose of elections:
	Elections were held for all the elective seats in Parliament on the normal expiry of the members’ term of office.
Background and outcome of elections:
	On 16 April 1992, President of the Republic (since 1966) Hastings Kamuzu Banda dissolved Parliament and announced that general elections would be held in May or June. There were altogether 275 candidates for the newly enlarged National Assembly’s 141 constituency seats, all from the sole legal party since independence, the Malawi Congress Party (MCP). The exiled Interim Committee for a Democratic Alliance, headed by Mr. Chakufwa Chihana, called for a boycott of the poll to back demands for political reforms. On election day, 45 MCP candidates were returned unopposed as an 80% voter turnout was officially reported. A total of 62 incumbents lost their seats.

STATISTICS

Round no 1: Distribution of seats
Political Group	Total
Malawi Congress Party (MCP)	141

Comments:
	Elective seats only.

Distribution of seats according to sex:
Men:	129
Women:	17

Comments:
	Plus five vacancies.