Kenya Election Insights

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

Showing 217-228 of 287 posts

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 10,438
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 4,728
Turkana and Marsabit: How Pastoralist Counties Voted in 2022
Turkana and Marsabit: How Pastoralist Counties Voted in 2022

Pastoralist counties in northern Kenya face unique electoral challenges — vast distances, nomadic populations, and secur...

Feb 18, 2023 6 min 6,943
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
Electoral Violence Deaths in 2022: A Data-Driven Memorial
Electoral Violence Deaths in 2022: A Data-Driven Memorial

While Kenya's 2022 election was praised as one of the most peaceful in recent history, at least 38 people died in electi...

Feb 14, 2023 5 min 8,957
Age Demographics of 2022 Voters: Who Actually Showed Up at the Polls
Age Demographics of 2022 Voters: Who Actually Showed Up at the Polls

Kenya has one of the youngest electorates in the world — over 75% of the population is under 35. But in the 2022 electio...

Feb 09, 2023 6 min 7,376
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
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
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 7,009
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 4,752