Kenya Election Insights

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

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Post-Election Petitions in 2022: 200+ Cases That Went to Court
Post-Election Petitions in 2022: 200+ Cases That Went to Court

The 2022 election generated 203 petitions challenging results at every level. From the Supreme Court presidential challe...

Mar 15, 2023 3 min 10,016
Party Agent Reports vs Official Results: Where the Numbers Didn't Match in 2022
Party Agent Reports vs Official Results: Where the Numbers Didn't Match in 2022

When party agents' tallies don't match the official IEBC form, it could be a simple math error or something more concern...

Mar 14, 2023 6 min 5,168
Vote Buying in 2022: The Open Secret Everyone Knows But Nobody Stops
Vote Buying in 2022: The Open Secret Everyone Knows But Nobody Stops

Vote buying is illegal in Kenya. It's also ubiquitous. In 2022, cash distribution during campaigns reached industrial sc...

Mar 14, 2023 4 min 10,956
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 3,823
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 1,062
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 8,977
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 9,821
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 9,269
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 7,256
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 7,592
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 4,353
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 7,166