Kenya Election Insights

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

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Constituency Tallying in Kenya: How Results Move from Stations to Declaration
Constituency Tallying in Kenya: How Results Move from Stations to Declaration

At the constituency tallying center, the Returning Officer receives forms from every polling station, verifies seals and...

Feb 22, 2025 6 min 320
Packaging and Delivery of Election Materials After Counting in Kenya
Packaging and Delivery of Election Materials After Counting in Kenya

Once counting ends at a Kenyan polling station, materials must be packaged in tamper-proof envelopes and delivered to th...

Feb 08, 2025 7 min 2,434
Statutory Result Forms in Kenya: What Form 34A to 39A Capture and Why Agents Sign
Statutory Result Forms in Kenya: What Form 34A to 39A Capture and Why Agents Sign

A detailed guide to statutory result forms 34A through 39A used in Kenyan elections: what each form captures, why agents...

Jan 10, 2025 5 min 3,633
Vote Counting at Kenyan Polling Stations: The Complete Process Explained
Vote Counting at Kenyan Polling Stations: The Complete Process Explained

The complete vote-counting process at Kenyan polling stations: venue layout, sorting order, counting mechanics, recounts...

Dec 01, 2024 5 min 1,368
Understanding Kenya's Election Forms: Form 32 to Form 39A
Understanding Kenya's Election Forms: Form 32 to Form 39A

Every number on a Kenyan election night traces back to a physical form filled in by hand at a polling station. From Form...

Aug 15, 2024 8 min 8,595
The 2022 Results Transmission Timeline: From Polling Station to Bomas
The 2022 Results Transmission Timeline: From Polling Station to Bomas

The journey of Kenya's 2022 presidential results from 46,229 polling stations to the national tallying center at Bomas o...

May 10, 2023 6 min 6,317
The Final IEBC Tally: Breaking Down Form 34C Number by Number
The Final IEBC Tally: Breaking Down Form 34C Number by Number

The Form 34C is where Kenya's presidential election officially ends. We break down every line item on the 2022 declarati...

May 08, 2023 3 min 949
Counting Irregularities: 15 Constituencies Where Results Were Contested
Counting Irregularities: 15 Constituencies Where Results Were Contested

The 2022 election generated over 200 election petitions, but some constituencies stood out for the severity of their cou...

Dec 12, 2022 4 min 6,673
Network Coverage on Election Day 2022: Which Counties Had Connectivity Problems
Network Coverage on Election Day 2022: Which Counties Had Connectivity Problems

Network connectivity failures affected results transmission from at least 879 polling stations in the 2022 general elect...

Dec 05, 2022 6 min 7,898
IEBC Under Siege: How the 2022 Election Exposed Institutional Weakness
IEBC Under Siege: How the 2022 Election Exposed Institutional Weakness

A commission split 4-3 on results. Commissioners holding rival press conferences. A chairman physically accosted during...

Nov 22, 2022 4 min 6,506
The Form 34A Saga: Why Polling Station Results Forms Became the Most Contested Document
The Form 34A Saga: Why Polling Station Results Forms Became the Most Contested Document

Form 34A is a single piece of paper: the polling station result form. Yet in 2022, these 46,229 documents became the cen...

Nov 08, 2022 6 min 3,508
The Servers Controversy: Real-Time Results Transmission in 2022
The Servers Controversy: Real-Time Results Transmission in 2022

The 2022 results transmission system was Kenya's most advanced yet — KIEMS kits, 4G backup, and real-time portal uploads...

Sep 28, 2022 4 min 4,285