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Malawi Presidential elections: Candidates proclaim victory before official results

The parties of the two main candidates in Malawi's presidential election declared victory on Thursday, drawing rebukes from the electoral commission, which has yet to announce the results.

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00:00The parties of the two main candidates in Malawi's presidential election declared victory Thursday,
00:06drawing rebukes from the Electoral Commission, which is here to announce results.
00:11Tuesday's vote is expected to be a close race between President Lazarus Chakwera and challenger Peter Mudharika,
00:17the former president who was beaten by Chakwera in the last elections five years ago.
00:22Officials from Chakwera's Malawi's Congress Party and Mudharika's Democratic Progressive Party
00:27held separate news briefings and said their candidates had won.
00:32The Malawi Electoral Committee says it has counted more than 99% of the votes,
00:36but hasn't declared any results, keeping a country struggling through an economic crisis and a soaring inflation on edge.
00:44The presidential race had 17 candidates, but analysts say it was likely to be a close contest between Chakwera and Mudharika.
00:51A candidate must get more than 50% of the vote to win.
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