Kenyan general election, 1997

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Kenyan presidential election, 1997

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December 29, 1997)

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Nominee	Daniel arap Moi	Mwai Kibaki
Party	KANU	Democratic
Popular vote	2,500,856	1,911,742
Percentage	40.60	31.00

President before election

Daniel arap Moi

Elected President

Daniel arap Moi

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General elections were held in Kenya on 29 December 1997. The result was a victory for the ruling Kenya African National Union, which won 107 of the 210 seats in the National Assembly, and whose candidate Daniel arap Moi won the presidential election. Following the election, Moi appointed a further 12 members to the Assembly.^[1]

1 Results
- 1.1 Presidential election
- 1.2 National Assembly
2 References
3 External links

Results

Presidential election

National Results

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Daniel arap Moi	Kenya African National Union	2,500,856	40.60
Mwai Kibaki	Democratic Party	1,911,742	31.00
Raila Odinga	National Development Party	667,886	10.80
Kijana Wamalwa	Ford-Kenya	505,704	8.20
Charity Ngilu	Social Democratic Party	488,600	7.90
Martin Shikuku	Ford-Asili	36,302	0.60
Katama Mkangi	Kenya National Congress	23,484	0.39
George Anyona	Kenya Social Congress	16,294	0.27
Kimani wa Nyoike	Ford-People	8,564	0.14
Koigi wa Wamwere	Kenya National Democratic Alliance	7,463	0.12
Munyua Waiyaki	United Patriotic Party of Kenya	6,103	0.10
Godfrey M' Mwereria	Green African Party	4,555	0.07
Wangari Maathai	Labour Party of Kenya	4,133	0.07
Stephen Oludhe	Independent Economic Party	3,653	0.06
David Waweru Ng'ethe	Umma Patriotic Party of Kenya	3,526	0.06
Total		6,096,479	100

By province

Province	Moi	%	Kibaki	%	Raila	%	Wamalwa	%	Ngilu	%	Others	%	Registered Voters	Turnout %
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

Election Petition

In 1998, Mwai Kibaki took a petition against Moi to court. Kibaki had served Moi by publishing the notice of the petition in the Kenya Gazette. Judges Emmanuel O'Kubasu, Mbogholi Msagha and Moijo ole Keiwua ruled that Kibaki should have served Moi with the petition personally. Their position was even upheld at the then highest Court of Appeal by judges Omolo, Bernard Chunga (Chief Justice), AB Shah, AA Lakha and Owuor JJ. ^[2]

National Assembly

Party	Votes	%	Seats	Appointees
Kenya African National Union			107	4
Democratic Party			39	2
National Development Party			21	1
Ford-Kenya			17	1
Social Democratic Party			15	1
Safina			5	1
Ford–People			3	0
Ford–Asili			1	0
Kenya Social Congress			1	0
Shirikisho Party of Kenya			1	0
Blank/invalid votes	95,349	-	-	-
Total	5,908,948	100	210	12

References

^ Elections in Kenya African Elections Database
^ "WHY THIS ELETION MAY BE WON IN COURTS". The Star. 12 January 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2013.

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