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The Cost of Petitions: 446 Court Cases and What They Achieved
Kenya's election petition numbers tell a paradoxical story. Petitions filed grew from 36 (2007) to 188 (2013) to 446 (20...
Presidential Vote Distribution: Mapping Strongholds from 2013 to 2022
Across three presidential elections (2013, 2017, 2022), some Kenyan counties have been unbreakable strongholds while oth...
How Valid Votes Varied by Position in 2013: The Down-Ballot Drop-Off
In 2013, Kenyans received six different ballots. The presidential ballot received 12,221,053 valid votes. But by the tim...
The Closest MP Race in 2013: Won by Just 24 Votes in Tarbaj
The 2013 general election produced some of Kenya's tightest parliamentary races in history. In Tarbaj constituency (Waji...
Election Petitions: From 36 in 2007 to 446 in 2017 — A 1,138% Increase
In 2007, only 36 election petitions were filed in Kenyan courts. By 2013, that number jumped to 188. Then in 2017, it ex...
Rejected Ballots: How Kenya Cut Spoiled Votes From 1.5% to 0.8%
Every election, thousands of Kenyan ballots get rejected. A stray mark, a vote for two candidates, an unclear intention....
The Great Turnout Decline: From 86% in 2013 to 65% in 2022
Kenya's voter turnout dropped 21 percentage points in just three election cycles. Central Province went from 92% to unde...
The 2013 Presidential Race: Kenyatta Won by 0.07% Above the 50%+1 Threshold
The 2013 presidential election was the closest to the constitutional threshold in Kenya's history. Uhuru Kenyatta secure...
Four Elections, Four Stories: How Kenya's Democracy Evolved from 2007 to 2022
Between 2007 and 2022, Kenya's registered voters grew from 9.8 million to 22.1 million. Yet turnout fell from 86% to 65%...