Chiyamwaka, Baldwin2019-09-252019-09-252015-08-042014-091026-0404http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12424/224664"Malawi’s 2014 presidential and parliamentary elections tested the country’s democracy. Unlike the past four general elections (in 1994, 1999, 2004 and 2009), the 2014 electoral process was tumultuous, controversial and challenged. In particular, the High Court became involved in key decisions affecting the election outcome, and the first-past-the-post system has not had a beneficial effect on democracy. This indicates a need to review Malawi’s electoral governance framework before the country’s democracy is threatened. This report looks at the elections, diagnosing what went wrong, examining the implications and putting forward proposals for possible reforms."engWith permission of the license/copyright holderdemocracygovernanceelectionvotePolitical ethicsEthics of political systemsEthics of lawRights based legal ethicsPeace ethicsGovernance and ethicsPreprint