Kenyan general election, 1997
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The second multiparty general election in Kenya was held on December 29, 1997.
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[edit] Presidential results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||||||
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| KANU | Daniel arap Moi | 2,500,856 | 40.60% | |||||||||
| DP | Mwai Kibaki | 1,911,742 | 31.00% | |||||||||
| NDP | Raila Odinga | 667,886 | 10.80% | |||||||||
| FORD-K | Kijana Wamalwa | 505,704 | 8.20% | |||||||||
| SDP | Charity Ngilu | 488,600 | 7.90% | |||||||||
| Others | Others | 84,644 | 1.40% | |||||||||
| Total | 6,159,432 | |||||||||||
| Turnout: 68.2% (Registered Voters: 9,030,167) | ||||||||||||
[edit] Presidential results by province
| Province | Moi | % | Kibaki | % | Raila | % | Wamalwa | % | Ngilu | % | Others | % | Registered Voters |
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| Central | 56,367 | 5.6% | 891,484 | 89.4% | 6,869 | 0.7% | 3,058 | 0.3% | 30,535 | 3.1% | 9,347 | 0.9% | 1,346,189 | 74.1% | |
| Rift Valley |
1,140,109 | 69.5% | 343,529 | 21.0% | 36,022 | 2.2% | 102,178 | 6.2% | 11,345 | 0.7% | 6,232 | 0.4% | 2,160,453 | 75.9% | |
| Western | 314,669 | 44.9% | 9,755 | 1.4% | 13,458 | 1.9% | 338,120 | 48.2% | 3,429 | 0.5% | 21,496 | 3.1% | 1,028,732 | 68.1% | |
| Nyanza | 215,923 | 23.6% | 138,202 | 15.1% | 519,180 | 56.8% | 14,623 | 1.6% | 15,301 | 1.7% | 11,245 | 1.2% | 1,361,251 | 67.2% | |
| Eastern | 370,954 | 35.6% | 296,335 | 28.5% | 7,787 | 0.7% | 7,017 | 0.7% | 349,754 | 33.6% | 8,916 | 0.9% | 1,433,737 | 72.6% | |
| Nairobi | 75,272 | 20.6% | 160,124 | 43.9% | 59,415 | 16.3% | 24,971 | 6.8% | 39,707 | 10.9% | 5,066 | 1.4% | 726,779 | 50.2% | |
| Coast | 257,056 | 63.4% | 51,909 | 12.8% | 24,844 | 6.1% | 11,306 | 2.8% | 38,089 | 9.4% | 22,180 | 5.5% | 800,689 | 50.6% | |
| North Eastern |
70,506 | 73.2% | 20,404 | 21.2% | 311 | 0.3% | 4,431 | 4.6% | 440 | 0.5% | 162 | 0.2% | 172,337 | 55.9% | |
| Total | 2,500,856 | 40.6% | 1,911,742 | 31.0% | 667,886 | 10.8% | 505,704 | 8.2% | 488,600 | 7.9% | 84,644 | 1.4% | 9,030,167 | 68.2% | |
| Source: Electoral Commission of Kenya | |||||||||||||||
[edit] Parlamentary results
(222 seats, 12 appointed by the president, 210 members popularly elected to serve 5-year terms)
| Party | Seats |
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| KANU | 107 |
| DP | 39 |
| NDP | 21 |
| Ford-Kenya | 17 |
| SDP | 15 |
| SAFINA | 5 |
| Ford-People | 3 |
| Ford-Asili | 1 |
| smaller parties | 2 |
- seats appointed by the president—KANU 6, DP 2, FORD-Kenya 1, SDP 1, NDP 1, SAFINA 1
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.umsl.edu/services/govdocs/wofact98/134.htm Results from World Factbook 1998
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