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Phoebe Chiku Chikaonda is a Malawian politician who became the MP for Ntchisi East in 2025.
Life
[edit]Chikaonda had stood in Ntchisi East as a candidate in 2018 for the United Democratic Front but she was last with 6% of the 17,000 votes. The winning candidate was William Kalima of the MCP who had more than 40% of the vote.[1]
She was one of the women supported by the Gender Coordination Network as a prospective politician for the 2025 election. She stood and was elected in the Ntchisi East Constituency. That constituency had never before chosen a woman as their member of parliament.[2] The percentage of women in parliament did see a small increase in 2025 and she was part of that. She was one of the successful independent women candidates that also included Madalitso Baloyi, Hope Tionge, Rhita Sanga, Khadija Chunga, Amina Kajiya, Abigail Shariff and Irene Mambala.[3]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Parliament Results" (PDF). 2018.
- ↑ "For the first time, Ntchisi East Constituency has a female legislator..." The NationOnLine. 8 Oct 2025.
- ↑ Mwale, Winston (2025-10-01). "Malawi 2025 Parliamentary Elections: MCP, DPP Face Independent Surge, Women Gain". AfricaBrief. Retrieved 2026-08-04.
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