Kenyan general election, 1992
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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
Province | Moi | % | Matiba | % | Kibaki | % | Odinga | % | Total | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nairobi | 62,402 | 16.6 | 165,533 | 44.1 | 69,715 | 18.6 | 75,898 | 20.2 | 373,548 | |||
Central | 21,882 | 2.1 | 621,368 | 60.1 | 372,937 | 36.1 | 10,765 | 1.0 | 1,026,952 | |||
Eastern | 290,494 | 36.8 | 80,515 | 10.2 | 398,727 | 50.5 | 13,064 | 1.7 | 782,800 | |||
North Eastern | 57,400 | 78.1 | 7,460 | 10.1 | 3,297 | 4.5 | 5,237 | 7.1 | 73,394 | |||
Coast | 200,596 | 64.1 | 35,598 | 11.4 | 23,766 | 7.6 | 50,516 | 16.1 | 310,476 | |||
Rift Valley | 994,844 | 67.8 | 274,011 | 18.7 | 111,098 | 7.6 | 83,945 | 5.7 | 1,463,898 | |||
Western | 217,375 | 40.9 | 192,859 | 36.3 | 19,115 | 3.6 | 94,851 | 17.9 | 524,200 | |||
Nyanza | 111,873 | 14.4 | 26,922 | 3.3 | 51,962 | 6.4 | 609,921 | 74.7 | 800,678 | |||
Total | 1,956,866 | 1,404,266 | 1,050,617 | 944,197 | 5,398,037 | |||||||
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 |
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Kenya African National Union | 1,327,691 | 24.5 | 100 |
Ford–Asili | 1,118,247 | 20.6 | 31 |
Democratic Party | 1,016,049 | 18.7 | 23 |
Ford–Kenya | 928,364 | 17.1 | 31 |
Kenya National Congress | 87,788 | 1.5 | 1 |
PICK | 42,109 | 0.8 | 1 |
Kenya Social Congress | 17,133 | 0.3 | 1 |
Kenyan National Democratic Alliance | 771 | 0.0 | 0 |
Social Democratic Party | 177 | 0.0 | 0 |
Invalid/blank votes | 61,173 | - | - |
Total | 5,486,768 | 100 | 188 |
Source: Nohlen et al. |
References
- ↑ Human Rights Watch (1993), Divide and Rule: State Sponsored Ethnic Violence in Kenya
- ↑ Elections held in 1992 Inter-Parliamentary Union
- ↑ Nohlen, D, Krennerich, M & Thibaut, B (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p486 ISBN 0-19-829645-2
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "WHY THIS ELETION MAY BE WON IN COURTS". The Star. 12 January 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
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