"We have hit 5.8 million voters mark. Everybody is happy," commission spokesperson Fegus Lipenda said.
The registration drive began in August to avoid a repeat of the chaos
which followed the 2004 election when a court-ordered check saw a
million names cut from the register.
The May legislative and presidential polls will be the fourth
multi-party elections since the end of Kamuzu Banda’s dictatorial rule
in 1994.
President Bingu wa Mutharika, in power since 2004 faces a strong
challenge from two key opposition figures, his predecessor Bakili
Muluzi and John Tembo, leader of the Malawi Congress Party.