The Malawi Congress Party is a political party in Malawi. It was originally known as the Nyasaland African Congress, but became the MCP under Hastings Banda, its (and the country's) first president. It won all of the seats in the legislature in the 1961 Nyasaland elections, and led the country to independence as Malawi in 1964. When Malawi became a republic in 1966, the MCP was formally declared to be the only legal party. All adult citizens were required to be party members.

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  • The Malawi Congress Party is a political party in Malawi. It was originally known as the Nyasaland African Congress, but became the MCP under Hastings Banda, its (and the country's) first president. It won all of the seats in the legislature in the 1961 Nyasaland elections, and led the country to independence as Malawi in 1964. When Malawi became a republic in 1966, the MCP was formally declared to be the only legal party. All adult citizens were required to be party members. They had to carry "party cards" in their wallets at all times. The MCP lost its monopoly on power in a 1993 referendum, and was roundly defeated in the country's first free elections the next year. Unlike other former single parties in Africa, the MCP remains a major force in Malawi. It is strongest in the central region populated by ethnic Chewa and Nyanja people. At the last general elections, held on 20 May 2004, its candidate for president, John Tembo (a longtime confidant of Banda), won 27.1% of the vote, and the party won 60 out of 194 seats.
  • 马拉维大会党（英语：Malawi Congress Party，简称MCP）是马拉维的一个政党，原名为尼亚萨兰非洲人国民大会，在党首任主席，马拉维首任总统海斯廷斯·卡穆祖·班达领导下于1959年改为现名。 1961年，马拉维大会党在尼亚萨兰立法机构选举中赢得所有议席，1964年带领该国脱离中非联邦独立。马拉维在1966年成为共和国后，该党成为国内唯一合法政党，马国所有成年公民都必须入党。1993年，马拉维大会党的一党专政在1993年全民公投后结束，翌年在大选中被击败。 马拉维大会党至今仍是马国的一个主要政党，在以奇契瓦族和尼昂加族人为主的中央区实力最强。在2004年5月20日举行的选举中，该党赢得国会194个议席中的60个，其总统候选人约翰·滕博则获得27.1%的选票。
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  • The Malawi Congress Party is a political party in Malawi. It was originally known as the Nyasaland African Congress, but became the MCP under Hastings Banda, its (and the country's) first president. It won all of the seats in the legislature in the 1961 Nyasaland elections, and led the country to independence as Malawi in 1964. When Malawi became a republic in 1966, the MCP was formally declared to be the only legal party. All adult citizens were required to be party members.
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  • Malawi Congress Party
  • 马拉维大会党
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