Requirements for a referendum to pass
Malawi
Answer
Mandatory referendum - simple majority
Source
Constitution ofthe Republic of Malawi
(adopted in May16, 1994, last amended in 1998)
http://www.sdnp.org.mw/constitut/chapter21.html
Article 196(1)(a).
the provision to be amended and the proposed amendment to it have beenput to a referendum of the people of Malawi and the majority of those votinghave voted for the amendment; and[…]
Article 196 (2).
The Parliament may pass a Bill proposing an amendment to which the conditionsset out in subsection (1) have been satisfied by a simple majority.
