Alego Constituency

Alego Constituency is an electoral constituency in Kenya. It is one of six constituencies of Siaya County. The constituency was established for the 1963 national elections. It is also known as Alego-Usonga Constituency. The constituency has 13 wards, of which five elect councillors for the urban Siaya municipality and the rest seven for the rural Siaya County Council.

Members of Parliament

Elections MP [1] Party Notes
1963 Luke Rarieya Obok KANU
1966 Luke Rarieya Obok KPU
1969 Peter Okudo KANU One-party system
1974 Peter Oloo-Aringo KANU One-party system
1979 Peter Oloo-Aringo KANU One-party system
1983 Peter Oloo-Aringo KANU One-party system.
1988 Peter Oloo-Aringo KANU One-party system.
1992 Otieno Mak’Onyango Ford-K
1997 Peter Oloo-Aringo NDP
2002 Samuel Arthur Weya NARC
2007 Edwin Ochieng Yinda ODM

Wards

Wards
Ward Registered Voters Local Authority
Boro East 4,145 Siaya county
Boro West 4,163 Siaya county
East Alego 10,042 Siaya county
Mjini 6,348 Siaya municipality
North Alego 4,918 Siaya county
Siaya Central 2,032 Siaya municipality
Siaya East 2,701 Siaya municipality
Siaya North 2,974 Siaya municipality
Siaya West 3,740 Siaya municipality
South Alego 8,213 Siaya county
South West Alego 6,338 Siaya county
Usonga 4,881 Siaya county
West Alego 5,808 Siaya county
Total 66,303
*September 2005.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Center for Multiparty Democracy: Politics and Parliamentarians in Kenya 1944–2007
  2. ↑ Electoral Commission of Kenya: Registered voters per polling station by electoral area/ward and constituency

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