Kenyan general election, 1992

Kenyan presidential election, 1992
Kenya
29 December 1992

 
Nominee Daniel arap Moi Kenneth Matiba
Party KANU FORD-Asili
Popular vote 1,962,866 1,404,266
Percentage 36.40 26.00

President before election

Daniel arap Moi
Kenya African National Union

Elected President

Daniel arap Moi
KANU

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General elections were held in Kenya on 29 December 1992, the first multi-party elections since independence.

The results were marred by allegations of ballot-box stuffing, and targeted ethnic violence in the Rift Valley Province. Human Rights Watch accused several prominent Kenyan politicians, including President Daniel arap Moi and then-VP George Saitoti of inciting and co-ordinating the violence.[1] They were also the first elections to feature a ballot for the post of President, who had previously been elected by the National Assembly. Voter turnout was 69.4%.[2][3]

Results

Presidential election

National Results

Candidate Party Votes %
Daniel arap Moi Kenya African National Union 1,962,866 36.4
Kenneth Matiba Ford–Asili 1,404,266 26.0
Mwai Kibaki Democratic Party 1,050,617 19.5
Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Ford–Kenya 944,197 17.5
George Anyona Kenya National Congress 15,393 0.3
John Harun Mwau PICK 6,449 0.1
David Mukaru Ng'ang'a Kenya Social Congress 14,253 0.3
Total 5,398,037 100

By province

ProvinceMoi%Matiba%Kibaki%Odinga%Total
Nairobi62,40216.6165,53344.169,71518.675,89820.2373,548
Central21,8822.1621,36860.1372,93736.110,7651.01,026,952
Eastern290,49436.880,51510.2398,72750.513,0641.7782,800
North Eastern57,40078.17,46010.13,2974.55,2377.173,394
Coast200,59664.135,59811.423,7667.650,51616.1310,476
Rift Valley994,84467.8274,01118.7111,0987.683,9455.71,463,898
Western217,37540.9192,85936.319,1153.694,85117.9524,200
Nyanza111,87314.426,9223.351,9626.4609,92174.7800,678
Total1,956,8661,404,2661,050,617944,1975,398,037
Source: Multi-party Politics in Kenya [4]

Election Petition

In 1993 Kenneth Matiba filed a petition shortly after the 1992 general election however his failure to personally sign the petition resulted in the petition being struck out by Justice Riaga Omolo. Matiba, was physically incapacitated and had given his wife power of attorney. In 2012, Justice Omolo was declared unfit to serve in the judiciary by the Judges and Magistrates Vetting Board over this decision.[5]

National Assembly

Party Votes % Seats
Kenya African National Union1,327,69124.5100
Ford–Asili1,118,24720.631
Democratic Party1,016,04918.723
Ford–Kenya928,36417.131
Kenya National Congress87,7881.51
PICK42,1090.81
Kenya Social Congress17,1330.31
Kenyan National Democratic Alliance7710.00
Social Democratic Party1770.00
Invalid/blank votes61,173--
Total5,486,768100188
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

  1. Human Rights Watch (1993), Divide and Rule: State Sponsored Ethnic Violence in Kenya
  2. Elections held in 1992 Inter-Parliamentary Union
  3. Nohlen, D, Krennerich, M & Thibaut, B (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p486 ISBN 0-19-829645-2
  4. Throup, David; Charles Hornsby (1998). Multi-Party Politics in Kenya: The Kenyatta & Moi States & the Triumph of the System in the 1992 Election. New York: Long House Publishing Services, Cumbria, UK. ISBN 0-8214-1206-X., p. 435.
  5. "WHY THIS ELETION MAY BE WON IN COURTS". The Star. 12 January 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2013.