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2022 vs 2017: How the Political Map Changed
Kenya's political map underwent significant changes between the 2017 and 2022 elections. Mt. Kenya's margins shrank 15-2...
Maendeleo Chap Chap and Other Small Parties: Where They Won in 2017
Beyond Jubilee and ODM, Kenya's 2017 election saw remarkable results from small parties. Maendeleo Chap Chap won a gover...
The Cost of Petitions: 446 Court Cases and What They Achieved
Kenya's election petition numbers tell a paradoxical story. Petitions filed grew from 36 (2007) to 188 (2013) to 446 (20...
Presidential Vote Distribution: Mapping Strongholds from 2013 to 2022
Across three presidential elections (2013, 2017, 2022), some Kenyan counties have been unbreakable strongholds while oth...
From Kenyatta to Ruto: How Mt. Kenya's Vote Shifted in 2022
Mt. Kenya's six core counties voted 92-99% for Kenyatta in 2017 and 73-85% for Ruto in 2022. The transfer worked, but th...
2025 Year in Review: 12 Data Insights That Defined Our Understanding of Kenyan Elections
Over the past year, we have published over 40 data-driven articles covering every aspect of Kenya's elections from 2007...
How Many Parties Does Kenya Really Need? The 41-Party Parliament
Kenya's 2017 election produced a parliament fragmented across 41 political parties. Jubilee and ODM dominated, but dozen...
ANC, FORD-Kenya, and Wiper: Western and Eastern Kenya's Opposition in Numbers
Within the NASA coalition, three parties carved out regional kingdoms. Wiper held the most seats overall with 108 across...
Five Years On: Remembering August 8, 2017 by the Numbers
19.6 million registered voters. 8 presidential candidates. 10,667 KIEMS kits. One Supreme Court annulment. August 8, 201...
The KANU Factor: From 39 Years of Power to 8 Seats
The Kenya African National Union (KANU) was the ruling party from 1963 to 2002 -- 39 years of unbroken power. By 2017, t...
What Makes a Petition Succeed? Analyzing 2017's 35 Successful Challenges
After the 2017 General Election, 446 election petitions were filed in Kenyan courts. Only 35 succeeded, a 7.8% success r...
Biometric Voter Verification: How 88.6% of Voters Were Fingerprinted in 2017
The 2017 election was a massive test of biometric technology. IEBC deployed 10,667 KIEMS kits to verify voters by finger...