Dowa South East constituency

First-past-the-post constituency
for the Parliament of Malawi
DistrictDowa
RegionCentral Region
Current constituency
MemberHope Tionge Zamba (from 2025)

Dowa South East Constituency is a constituency for the National Assembly of Malawi, located in the Dowa District and Central Region of Malawi.

History

In 2016 the Dowa South East Girls Education Project was launched to assist the education of girls in agricultural areas. The work was supported by a fund named for the American academic Virginia Gildersleeve.[1] In 2017 the then MP Harry Njoka Chipeni was lauding this Teams Advancing Women in Agriculture (TAWINA) scheme to improve the education of girls in his constituency.[2] He fell out with his party and accused the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) of supporting former Minister Halima Daudi.[3]

In 2018 there was a dispute over the size of the constituency. Local chiefs wrote to the MCP asking them to resolve the dispute. They feared that the dispute could be grounds for violence.[3]

Hope Tionge Zamba was elected in 2025.[4] She had campaigned as an independent and early results credited her with over 26,000 votes while the incumbent MP, Halima Daud polled less than 4,000 votes.[5] Daud had beaten Zamba in the primaries, but Zamba had defied the DPP's choice to win without a party's support.[6]

Members of parliament

Elections MP Party Notes References
2009 Halima Daud[7]DPPMulti-party system
Harry Njoka Chipeni[2]DPPMulti-party system
2019 Halima Daud[8]MCPMulti-party system
2025 Hope Tionge Zamba[4](became DPP)Multi-party system

References

  1. ↑ "Dowa South East Girls Education Project". Teams Advancing Women in Agriculture (TAWINA). Retrieved 2026-06-20.
  2. 1 2 "MP applauds TAWINA, Dowa-South East Girls Education Project". www.nyasatimes.com. 2017-05-23. Retrieved 2026-05-16.
  3. 1 2 "Chiefs urge Chakwera to solve MCP primaries wrangle in Dowa South East". www.nyasatimes.com. 2018-12-12. Retrieved 2026-05-16.
  4. 1 2 "MEC commissioner declares ..." Dowa Council. 30 September 2025.
  5. ↑ Kandiado, Kondwani (2025-09-22). "Independent MP candidates'leading' in Dowa District". Nation Online. Retrieved 2026-06-20.
  6. ↑ Mwale, Joseph (2025-04-30). "DPP, MCP big wigs win in primaries". Nation Online. Retrieved 2026-05-16.
  7. ↑ "Hon. Halima Daud – PWC Malawi". Retrieved 2024-12-26.
  8. ↑ Chauwa, Alfred (2015-07-27). "Malawi: MCP Boost! Chakwera Welcomes Back Gwengwe, Kayembe, Zulu, Kalazi Mbewe". allAfrica.com. Retrieved 2024-12-26.
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