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The Party Facts project links party identities across major comparative-politics datasets (ParlGov, MARPOR/Manifesto, CHES, V-Party, etc.).", "category": "politics", "source": "https://github.com/hdigital/partyfactsdata", "source_url": "https://github.com/hdigital/partyfactsdata", "updated": "2026-04", "record_count": 12, "columns": [ { "key": "partyfacts_id", "label": "Partyfacts Id", "type": "number" }, { "key": "name_short", "label": "Name Short", "type": "string" }, { "key": "name", "label": "Name", "type": "string" }, { "key": "name_english", "label": "Name English", "type": "string" }, { "key": "name_other", "label": "Name Other", "type": "string" }, { "key": "year_first", "label": "Year First", "type": "number" }, { "key": "year_last", "label": "Year Last", "type": "number" }, { "key": "share", "label": "Share", "type": "number" }, { "key": "share_year", "label": "Share Year", "type": "number" }, { "key": "wikipedia", "label": "Wikipedia", "type": "string" }, { "key": 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"name_other": "", "year_first": 1956, "year_last": 1959, "share": 45.5, "share_year": 1956, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyasaland_African_Congress", "description": "5 of 11 seats in 1956 Nyasaland general election", "comment": "ParIS", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 4846, "name_short": "DPP", "name": "Democratic Progressive Party", "name_english": "Democratic Progressive Party", "name_other": "", "year_first": 2005, "year_last": "", "share": 40, "share_year": 2009, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Progressive_Party_(Malawi)", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 3732, "name_short": "MCP", "name": "Malawi Congress Party", "name_english": "Malawi Congress Party", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1959, "year_last": "", "share": 33.6, "share_year": 1999, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malawi_Congress_Party", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 4847, "name_short": "PP", "name": "People's Party", "name_english": "People's Party", "name_other": "", "year_first": 2011, "year_last": "", "share": 18.1, "share_year": "", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Party_(Malawi)", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 3733, "name_short": "AFORD", "name": "Alliance for Democracy", "name_english": "Alliance for Democracy", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1993, "year_last": "", "share": 10.5, "share_year": 1999, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alliance_for_Democracy_(Malawi)", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 3735, "name_short": "NDA", "name": "National Democratic Alliance", "name_english": "National Democratic Alliance", "name_other": "", "year_first": 2004, "year_last": 2004, "share": 8.1, "share_year": 2004, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Democratic_Alliance_(Malawi)", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 3737, "name_short": "RP", "name": "Republican Party", "name_english": "Republican Party", "name_other": "", "year_first": 2004, "year_last": 2004, "share": 7.1, "share_year": 2004, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_(Malawi)", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 3736, "name_short": "PPM", "name": "People's Progressive Movement", "name_english": "People's Progressive Movement", "name_other": "", "year_first": 2004, "year_last": 2004, "share": 3.2, "share_year": 2004, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Progressive_Movement_(Malawi)", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 4845, "name_short": "NCP", "name": "Nyasaland Constitutional Party", "name_english": "Nyasaland Constitutional Party", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1963, "year_last": "", "share": "", "share_year": "", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyasaland_Constitutional_Party", "description": "3 seats in 1963", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 8067, "name_short": "UTM", "name": "United Transformation Movement", "name_english": "United Transformation Movement", "name_other": "", "year_first": 2019, "year_last": "", "share": "", "share_year": "", "wikipedia": "", "description": "", "comment": "Gained 4 seats in the 2019, disputed, elections; its presidential candidate ranked 3rd with 20.2% vote share.", "technical": "" } ], "meta": { "title": "Malawi — Political Parties - Free Download", "description": "Political parties of Malawi from the Party Facts core parties list (hdigital/partyfactsdata). Each record includes the Party Facts ID, short and long names (localized + English + other transliterations), first and last years of activity, peak vote share with year, and Wikipedia link where available. The Party Facts project links party identities across major comparative-politics datasets (ParlGov, MARPOR/Manifesto, CHES, V-Party, etc.). Contains 12 records. Download in Excel, CSV, PDF formats.", "seo_title": "Malawi — Political Parties | ListBase", "seo_description": "Download Malawi — Political Parties dataset with 12 records. Available in Excel, CSV, PDF formats.", "key_takeaways": [ "Contains 12 records with 13 fields", "Available for free download in Excel, CSV, and PDF formats", "Data sourced from https://github.com/hdigital/partyfactsdata" ] } }