Total Population
Population with a disability
according to World Health Organization’s 15% estimateRatified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Article 16 states:
The Government shall, through deliberate policies and measures, guarantee participation in political and public life by persons with disabilities, by:
(a) creating a conducive environment for persons with disabilities to effectively and fully exercise their political rights, directly or through their freely chosen representatives, by:
(ii) protecting their right to freely vote by secret ballot in elections and public referendum;
Section 6 states:
Save as otherwise provided in this Constitution, the authority to govern derives from the people of Malawi as expressed through universal and equal suffrage in elections held in accordance with this Constitution in a manner prescribed by an Act of Parliament.
Section 40 states:
Save as otherwise provided in this Constitution, every person shall have the right to vote, to do so in secret and to stand for election for public office.
Section 77, subsection 1 states:
All persons shall be eligible to vote in any general election, by-election, presidential election, local government election or referendum, subject only to this section.
Section 6 states:
Any person residing in Malawi and who, on or before the polling day, shall have attained the age of eighteen years shall be eligible to register as a voter in an election.
Section 15 states:
Every citizen of Malawi residing in Malawi and who, on or before the polling day, shall have attained the age of eighteen years shall be eligible to register as a voter in an election.