These are acts that constitute cheating during elections to favour a particular candidate or political parties. They could be during, before, or after the elections. Some of these malpractices are;
- Delibrate non-registration of some persons
- Multiple of voters
- Buying of voters
- Bollot stuffing
- Election rigging
- Intimidation of voters
- Similarity of ballot papers
- Unequal distribution of media time and finance
- Unequal distribution of ballot papers
