Kenya Election Insights

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

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The Gender Gap in 2022: Only 29 Women Won Parliamentary Seats
The Gender Gap in 2022: Only 29 Women Won Parliamentary Seats

Kenya's Constitution requires that no more than two-thirds of any elective body be of one gender. Twelve years after thi...

Dec 08, 2022 3 min 10,212
Women Governors 2022: The Seven Who Made It and What Their Counties Look Like
Women Governors 2022: The Seven Who Made It and What Their Counties Look Like

Kenya elected a record 7 women governors in 2022, up from 3 in 2017. This analysis profiles each winner, examines the co...

Dec 08, 2022 5 min 6,808
Governor Races 2022: 15 Counties Where the Winner Got Less Than 55%
Governor Races 2022: 15 Counties Where the Winner Got Less Than 55%

In 2022, fifteen governor races were won with less than 55% of the vote — margins so thin that voter mobilization or tur...

Dec 05, 2022 5 min 935
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
Polling Station Disputes 2022: When Results Were Announced Before Counting Finished
Polling Station Disputes 2022: When Results Were Announced Before Counting Finished

The 2022 election saw disputes at hundreds of polling stations — from premature result announcements to agent exclusion...

Dec 05, 2022 6 min 11,718
The Youth Candidate Wave: Under-35s Who Ran for MCA in 2022
The Youth Candidate Wave: Under-35s Who Ran for MCA in 2022

Kenya's MCA race is where political careers begin, and in 2022, thousands of young candidates threw their hats in. The d...

Dec 01, 2022 4 min 7,962
First-Time Candidates Who Won in 2022: The Outsiders Who Beat the Odds
First-Time Candidates Who Won in 2022: The Outsiders Who Beat the Odds

In a political system dominated by money, incumbency, and ethnic arithmetic, 2022 saw a remarkable wave of first-time ca...

Nov 30, 2022 3 min 3,368
Voter Registration vs Turnout: The 2022 County Disconnect
Voter Registration vs Turnout: The 2022 County Disconnect

Analysis of the gap between voter registration and actual turnout across all 47 counties in 2022. While the national ave...

Nov 28, 2022 5 min 11,605
Kiambu's Quiet Rebellion: How Mt. Kenya's Biggest County Split Its Vote
Kiambu's Quiet Rebellion: How Mt. Kenya's Biggest County Split Its Vote

Kiambu, the largest county in Mt. Kenya with 1.3 million registered voters, was the site of the most dramatic split betw...

Nov 22, 2022 5 min 9,864
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 Jubilee Party Collapse: From Ruling Party to Footnote in One Election
The Jubilee Party Collapse: From Ruling Party to Footnote in One Election

In 2017, Jubilee Party was an unstoppable machine — winning the presidency, 25 governorships, and dominating both houses...

Nov 22, 2022 6 min 7,050
The Media on Election Night: How TV Stations Covered the 2022 Count
The Media on Election Night: How TV Stations Covered the 2022 Count

Kenya's 2022 election night coverage was a marathon of live broadcasting, data dashboards, and pundit analysis. Here's h...

Nov 20, 2022 5 min 3,214