2022 Kenyan general election
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General elections were held in Kenya on Tuesday, 9 August 2022. Voters elected the president, governors, senators, members of the National Assembly, and members of county assemblies.
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Registered | 22,120,458[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 64.77% (25.74pp) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Results by county: Ruto in yellow, Odinga in blue | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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National Assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
337 of the 349 seats in the National Assembly 175 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
47 of the 67 seats in the Senate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
This was the third general election and the fourth presidential one since the promulgation of the 2010 constitution. Incumbent president Uhuru Kenyatta was not eligible for a third term according to the constitution, nor county governors who had served two terms. The 2022 general election saw the lowest number of presidential candidates cleared since the multi-party system was implemented in 1992. Parliamentarians were elected to sit in the 13th Parliament of Kenya.
William Ruto was elected President of Kenya with 50.5% of the vote, defeating Raila Odinga who received 48.85% of the vote.[6] On 22 August, Odinga filed a petition with the Supreme Court of Kenya challenging the results announced by Wafula Chebukati, the chairman of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission.[7] On 5 September, the Supreme Court rejected the challenge and upheld Ruto's victory.[8] Observers had described the elections as largely peaceful and transparent.[9] Odinga said he would respect the court verdict, although he still claimed victory.[10]