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Redson Makwinja
MP for Blantyre South West
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- Member of Parliament for Blantyre South West
- Constituency
- Blantyre South West
- District
- Blantyre
- Region
- Southern Region
- Party
- Independent
- In Parliament
- Elected 16 September 2025
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2025 election result: Blantyre South West
- Redson Makwinja Independent9,552 43.5%
- Kennedy Pemba Kachingwe DPP8,606 39.2%
- Elliot John Mankhamba-Phiri Independent1,983 9%
- Robson Amberton Kunyumbu UTM564 2.6%
- Happy Chirwa MCP562 2.6%
Top 5 of 11 candidates.
Source: Malawi Electoral Commission
Redson Makwinja is the Member of Parliament for Blantyre South West constituency in Blantyre district, in Malawi’s Southern Region. He sits as an independent.
In the 16 September 2025 general election Makwinja won the seat with 9,552 votes (43.5% of valid votes), ahead of Kennedy Pemba Kachingwe (DPP) with 8,606. 11 candidates stood.
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