The Maravi People's Party (MPP) is a political party in

Malawi Malawi, officially the Republic of Malawi, is a landlocked country in Southeastern Africa. It is bordered by Zambia to the west, Tanzania to the north and northeast, and Mozambique to the east, south, and southwest. Malawi spans over and ...

History

The party was established in June 2007 by Uladi Mussa and Paul Maulidi after Mussa left the

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(DPP). However, after Maulidi called for the party to join the DPP in an electoral alliance, he was expelled from the party, subsequently joining the DPP. In the 2009 general elections the party nominated eleven candidates, but only won a single seat, Salima North, which was taken by Mussa. However, in 2012 Mussa defected to the new People's Party established by President

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. He subsequently attempted to dissolve the party, despite other members wanting to continue. Ultimately the party was not dissolved, but in the

2014 elections * 2014 United Nations Security Council election 16 October 2014 Africa * 2014 Algerian presidential election 17 April 2014 * 2014 Botswana general election 24 October 2014 * 2014 Comorian presidential election 21 February and 10 April 2014 * 2014 ...

it ran in only one constituency (Mulanje North), where party leader Yusuf Aufi received just 733 votes, failing to win a seat.Parliament results
MEC

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