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Women Representatives: How Jubilee Dominated the 47 County Women Rep Seats
In the 2017 General Election, Jubilee claimed 25 of 47 county Women Representative seats. ODM trailed with 11. But the r...
The BVR Kit Crisis: 27% of Election Technology Had Hardware Defects
The IEBC deployed 9,976 BVR kits for the 2017 election. But 2,692 hardware defects were recorded across critical compone...
Digital Democracy: 3,032 Polling Stations Had ZERO Network Coverage in 2017
Kenya's 2017 election depended on digital results transmission. But 3,032 of 40,883 polling stations had zero network co...
The Senate Race: 47 Seats, 9 Parties, and Zero Successful Petitions
In 2017, nine political parties shared 47 senate seats. Jubilee took 24, ODM won 13, and the rest were split among seven...
Youth Candidates vs Youth Winners: The 9.2% Success Rate
In 2017, 3,428 youth candidates ran for elective office in Kenya. Only 314 won — a 9.2% success rate. But the gender bre...
Youth Power: 51% of Registered Voters Were Under 35 in 2017
By 2017, youth voters (under 35) made up 51% of Kenya's registered voters — up from 46% in 2013. That is over 10 million...
Governors by the Numbers: Jubilee's 25-County Sweep in 2017
In the 2017 general election, Jubilee Party dominated the governor's race with 25 out of 47 seats. ODM took 13, while tw...
The Gender Gap: How Female Voter Registration Dropped from 49% to 46.6%
Female voter registration in Kenya dropped from 49% in 2013 to 46.6% in 2017. Despite adding nearly 2 million women to t...
Independent Candidates: 4,002 Ran in 2017, Only 125 Won
In 2017, 4,002 candidates ran as independents across all six elective positions. Only 125 won — a success rate of just 3...
The MCA Landscape: 1,448 Wards, 41 Parties, and the Most Diverse Political Arena
The 2017 MCA elections were the most politically diverse contest in Kenya. While 21 parties won National Assembly seats,...
Party Dominance in Parliament: How Jubilee Won 140 of 289 MP Seats in 2017
In 2017, Kenya's National Assembly was elected across 290 constituencies. Twenty-one different political parties won sea...
The 2017 Supreme Court Annulment: What the Numbers Say
On 1st September 2017, Kenya's Supreme Court annulled the presidential election — the first such ruling in African histo...