Pollsters predict Joyce Banda’s win in Malawi vote

By Asmaa Mubita on October 6, 2014 Politics

A latest opinion poll says President Joyce Banda and her People’s Party will win the May 20 elections with 42 per cent while her closest rival is DPP’s Peter Mutharika trailing with 23 per cent.

Research Tech Consultants, who conducted the poll, put MCP’s Dr. Lazarus Chakwera at number three with 22 percent while Atupele Muluzi of UDF is fourth with 10 per cent.

The poll says the remaining eight presidential candidates got 172 respondents or four per cent from the the sample size of 3,883.

Research Tech Consultants has offices in Lilongwe and India and is currently evaluating upcoming elections in South Africa, India, Malawi and Mozambique.

Research Tech Consultants’ lead consultant in Malawi is Thomas Odalla.–April 28 2014, ZODIAK ONLINE, NYASATIMES.

Asmaa Mubita

Asmaa Mubita is a Kenyan journalist of international repute with over fifteen years of experience in broadcast journalism. Asmaa Mubita began his journalism career at the Kenyan state broadcaster (KBC) and later worked at the KTN owned by the Standard Group and Citizen Television, the flagship brand of Royal Media Services. These exploits together with his reporting experience with the Voice of America, CNN and BBC have been rewarded with local and global recognition.

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