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Voting should be coming to an end in Malawi's presidential,
parliamentary and local council elections.
Three of the seven presidential candidates are all thought
to have a chance of winning.
President Peter Mutharika is running for a second term, but
he is being challenged by his own vice-president, Saulos Chilima, and Lazarus
Chakwera.
In the morning, there were some delays, but at 07:00 local
time (05:00 GMT), an hour after polls were supposed to open, voting was taking
place in 97% of polling stations, the independent Malawi Electoral Support
Network says.
There were no significant reports of violence or
intimidation and the election appeared to be well organised, BBC Focus on
Africa's David Amanor says.
"I'm very excited to vote since voting is my
right," one woman in a voting queue in the capital, Lilongwe, told David
earlier.
"We are all here to vote for our nation," another
man said. Counting at the polling stations is expected to start
immediately after they close.
The electoral commission has eight days to announce the
result, but it could come as early as Wednesday evening. bbc
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