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Richard Shukurani Kalitendere
MP for Machinga South
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- Member of Parliament for Machinga South
- Constituency
- Machinga South
- District
- Machinga
- Region
- Southern Region
- Party
- DPP Democratic Progressive Party
- In Parliament
- Elected 16 September 2025
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2025 election result: Machinga South
- Richard Shukran Kalitendere DPP11,824 44.7%
- Grant Hassan Ndecha UDF6,222 23.5%
- Fedson Chimombo Independent3,414 12.9%
- Montfort Ndifitsa Milanzi UTM1,473 5.6%
- Isabel Sinthani Fatch AFORD1,429 5.4%
Top 5 of 11 candidates.
Source: Malawi Electoral Commission
Richard Shukurani Kalitendere is the Member of Parliament for Machinga South constituency in Machinga district, in Malawi’s Southern Region. He sits as a member of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP).
In the 16 September 2025 general election Kalitendere won the seat with 11,824 votes (44.7% of valid votes), ahead of Grant Hassan Ndecha (UDF) with 6,222. 11 candidates stood.






