Malawi Congress Party
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The Malawi Congress Party is a political party in Malawi. It is strongest in the central region populated by ethnic Chewa and Nyanja people. It was originally known as the Nyasaland African Congress, but became the MCP under Hastings Banda, its (and the country's) first president. At the last general elections, held on 20 May 2004, its candidate for president, John Tembo, won 27.1% of the vote, and the party won 60 out of 194 seats.
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