Kenya Election Insights

Data-driven analysis of Kenya's elections from 2007 to 2022

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The 2022 Party List: How Proportional Representation Seats Were Allocated
The 2022 Party List: How Proportional Representation Seats Were Allocated

Kenya's party list system allocates nominated seats in the National Assembly, Senate, and County Assemblies to ensure co...

Apr 10, 2023 5 min 5,801
Diaspora Voting 2022: The Promise That Was Never Delivered
Diaspora Voting 2022: The Promise That Was Never Delivered

Despite a constitutional right to vote, an estimated 3 million Kenyans living abroad were unable to participate in the 2...

Mar 20, 2023 5 min 7,108
Post-Election Petitions in 2022: 200+ Cases That Went to Court
Post-Election Petitions in 2022: 200+ Cases That Went to Court

The 2022 election generated 203 petitions challenging results at every level. From the Supreme Court presidential challe...

Mar 15, 2023 3 min 2,223
Governor Term Limits 2022: The 21 First-Term Governors and Their Records
Governor Term Limits 2022: The 21 First-Term Governors and Their Records

Kenya's 2022 elections saw 26 term-limited governors exit and 21 first-term governors eligible to run again. Only 14 sou...

Mar 08, 2023 5 min 3,834
Post-Election Kenya 2022: The Peaceful Transfer of Power That Surprised the World
Post-Election Kenya 2022: The Peaceful Transfer of Power That Surprised the World

William Ruto's inauguration on September 13, 2022, completed Kenya's most contentious but ultimately peaceful power tran...

Mar 05, 2023 4 min 11,129
Wajir, Garissa, and Mandera: The North Eastern Bloc in 2022
Wajir, Garissa, and Mandera: The North Eastern Bloc in 2022

Kenya's three North Eastern counties — Wajir, Garissa, and Mandera — have distinctive electoral dynamics: clan-based pol...

Feb 28, 2023 5 min 10,439
The Women Rep Position: Kenya's Most Unique Electoral Experiment
The Women Rep Position: Kenya's Most Unique Electoral Experiment

The Women Representative seat is uniquely Kenyan — a constitutional compromise born from the two-thirds gender rule that...

Feb 20, 2023 4 min 4,729
The MCA Electoral Map 2022: 1,450 Ward Races in One Visualization
The MCA Electoral Map 2022: 1,450 Ward Races in One Visualization

Kenya's 2022 MCA elections featured 25,468 candidates contesting 1,450 ward seats across 47 counties. With average margi...

Feb 14, 2023 5 min 9,612
The 2022 Election in Africa's Context: How Kenya Compared to Continental Standards
The 2022 Election in Africa's Context: How Kenya Compared to Continental Standards

In 2022, Africa saw coups in Burkina Faso, flawed elections in Angola, and democratic backsliding across the Sahel. Keny...

Feb 08, 2023 4 min 3,485
Kenya's 1,882 Seats: The Complete Statistical Portrait of 2022
Kenya's 1,882 Seats: The Complete Statistical Portrait of 2022

In 2022, Kenya held elections for 1 president, 47 governors, 47 senators, 47 women representatives, 290 MPs, and 1,450 M...

Feb 08, 2023 4 min 4,920
Senator Races 2022: The Forgotten Contests That Shaped County Power
Senator Races 2022: The Forgotten Contests That Shaped County Power

Kenya's Senate races rarely make headlines, but the 2022 results gave Kenya Kwanza a Senate majority that has shaped eve...

Feb 06, 2023 3 min 7,010
Women Representative Winners 2022: County-by-County Margins
Women Representative Winners 2022: County-by-County Margins

A county-by-county breakdown of all 47 women representative races in 2022. With average winning margins of 11.3% and sev...

Jan 20, 2023 5 min 4,753