Kenyan general election, 1997

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The second multiparty general election in Kenya was held on December 29, 1997.

Contents 1 Presidential results 1.1 Presidential results by province 2 Parlamentary results 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Presidential results

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
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	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

[edit] Parlamentary results

(222 seats, 12 appointed by the president, 210 members popularly elected to serve 5-year terms)

Party	Seats
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

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[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Kenya: candidates and issues - Special report by BBC on 29-12-1997

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