Election Party candidate Votes % Result 1994 Hastings Banda 996,353 33.44% Lost N 1999 Gwanda Chakuamba 2,106,790 45.21% Lost N 2004 John Tembo 937,965 28.22% Lost N 2009 1,365,672 30.49% Lost N 2014 Lazarus Chakwera 1,455,880 27.8% Lost N 2019 1,781,740 35.41% Lost N 2020 2,604,043 59.34% Elected Y