The Malawi Electoral Commission-MEC has approved 17 presidential candidates for the 16 September polls.
In a statement MEC chairperson, Justice Annabel Mtalimanja, said 20 nominations for the position of president were submitted.
MEC says, in line with the relevant electoral laws and regulations, 17 candidates have been confirmed as having met all the requirements for valid nomination following a thorough review process.
However, three nominations for Prophet David Mbewe of the Liberation for Economic Freedom Party, Nationalist Patriotic Party-NPP, president Daniel Dube and independent presidential aspirant Reverend Hardwick Kaliya, have not been approved, because they did not meet the prescribed criteria.