MMD beats PF by wider margin to retain the Mkaika Parliamentary seat The opposition Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) has retained the Mkaika Parliamentary seat. MMD’s Peter Phiri has polled in 9 054 votes to beat his closest rival David Phiri of the Patriotic Front (PF,) who is in the second place with 1 712 votes. In third place is Nigel Mpakateni of the National Restoration Party (NAREP) with 161 votes followed by Nelson Mwale of the United National Independence Party (UNIP) in the fourth position with 136 votes. The Mkaika constituency had 33 polling stations in which 11, 295 votes were cast. A total of 232 votes were rejected. The Mkaika by-election came about after PF’s David Phiri, who was then an MMD member of parliament and deputy Minister in the PF government, defected to the ruling PF.
Posted on: Fri, 06 Sep 2013 06:45:54 +0000
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