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Richard Chimwendo Banda
MP for Dowa East
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- Member of Parliament for Dowa East
- Constituency
- Dowa East
- District
- Dowa
- Region
- Central Region
- Party
- MCP Malawi Congress Party
- In Parliament
- Elected 16 September 2025
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2025 election result: Dowa East
- Richard William Chimwendo MCP25,111 86.3%
- Lizzie Ndomondo DPP3,997 13.7%
Source: Malawi Electoral Commission
Richard Chimwendo Banda is the Member of Parliament for Dowa East constituency in Dowa district, in Malawi’s Central Region. He sits as a member of the Malawi Congress Party (MCP).
In the 16 September 2025 general election Banda won the seat with 25,111 votes (86.3% of valid votes), ahead of Lizzie Ndomondo (DPP) with 3,997.








