General elections were held in Kenya on 29 December 1997 to elect the President and the members of the National Assembly. The result was a victory for the ruling Kenya African National Union, which won 107 of the 210 seats in the National Assembly, and whose candidate Daniel arap Moi won the presidential election. Following the election, Moi appointed a further 12 members to the Assembly.[1]
Of the 12 appointed members, six were representatives of KANU, two from the Democratic Party, and one each from the National Development Party, FORD–Kenya, the Social Democratic Party and Safina.[3]
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In 1998 Mwai Kibaki took a petition against Moi to court, having served Moi by publishing the notice of the petition in the Kenya Gazette. However, judges Emmanuel O'Kubasu, Mbogholi Msagha and Moijo ole Keiwua ruled that Kibaki should have served Moi with the petition personally. Their position was upheld at the Court of Appeal by judges Omolo, Bernard Chunga (Chief Justice), AB Shah, AA Lakha and Owuor JJ.[4]
1997, kenyan, general, election, general, elections, were, held, kenya, december, 1997, elect, president, members, national, assembly, result, victory, ruling, kenya, african, national, union, which, seats, national, assembly, whose, candidate, daniel, arap, p. General elections were held in Kenya on 29 December 1997 to elect the President and the members of the National Assembly The result was a victory for the ruling Kenya African National Union which won 107 of the 210 seats in the National Assembly and whose candidate Daniel arap Moi won the presidential election Following the election Moi appointed a further 12 members to the Assembly 1 1997 Kenyan general election 1992 29 December 1997 1997 12 29 2002 Presidential election Nominee Daniel arap Moi Mwai Kibaki Raila OdingaParty KANU Democratic NDPPopular vote 2 500 865 1 911 742 667 886Percentage 40 40 30 89 10 79 Nominee Michael Kijana Wamalwa Charity NgiluParty FORD K SDPPopular vote 505 704 488 600Percentage 8 17 7 89 Results by ProvincePresident before electionDaniel arap MoiKenya African National Union Elected President Daniel arap MoiKANUParliamentary electionParty Leader Seats KANU Daniel Arap Moi 107 7Democratic Mwai Kibaki 39 16NDP Raila Odinga 21 21FORD Kenya Michael Kijana Wamalwa 17 14SDP Charity Ngilu 15 15Safina Paul Muite 5 NewFORD People Kimani wa Nyoike 3 NewFORD Asili Martin Shikuku 1 30KSC George Anyona 1 0Shirikisho 1 NewThis lists parties that won seats See the complete results below Speaker of the National Assembly before Speaker of the National Assembly afterFrancis ole KaparoKANU Francis ole KaparoKANU Contents 1 Results 1 1 President 1 1 1 By province 1 2 National Assembly 2 Aftermath 3 References 4 External linksResults editPresident edit CandidatePartyVotes Daniel arap MoiKenya African National Union2 500 86540 40Mwai KibakiDemocratic Party1 911 74230 89Raila OdingaNational Development Party667 88610 79Michael Kijana WamalwaFORD Kenya505 7048 17Charity NgiluSocial Democratic Party488 6007 89Martin ShikukuFORD Asili36 5120 59Katama MkangiKenya National Congress23 5540 38George AnyonaKenya Social Congress16 4280 27Kimani wa NyoikeFORD People8 3060 13Koigi wa WamwereKenya National Democratic Alliance7 7450 13Munyua WaiyakiUnited Patriotic Party6 1940 10Godfrey M MwereriaGreen African Party4 6270 07Wangari MaathaiLabour Party4 2460 07Stephen OludheIndependent Economic Party3 6910 06David Waweru Ng etheUmma Patriotic Party3 5840 06Total6 189 684100 00Registered voters turnout9 063 390 Source Nohlen et al 2 By province edit Province Moi Kibaki Odinga Wamalwa NgiluVotes Votes Votes Votes Votes Central 56 367 5 6 891 484 89 4 6 869 0 7 3 058 0 3 30 535 3 1Eastern 370 954 35 6 296 335 28 5 7 787 0 7 7 017 0 7 349 754 33 6Coast 257 065 63 4 51 909 12 8 24 844 6 1 11 306 2 8 38 089 9 4Nairobi 75 272 20 6 160 124 43 9 59 415 16 3 24 971 6 8 39 707 10 9North Eastern 70 506 73 2 20 404 21 2 311 0 3 4 431 4 6 440 0 5Nyanza 215 923 23 6 138 202 15 1 519 180 56 8 14 623 1 6 15 301 1 7Rift Valley 1 140 109 69 5 343 529 21 0 36 022 2 2 102 178 6 2 11 345 0 7Western 314 669 44 9 9 755 1 4 13 458 1 9 338 120 48 2 3 429 0 5Total 2 500 865 40 4 1 911 742 30 9 667 886 10 8 505 704 8 2 488 600 7 9Source Nohlen et al National Assembly edit PartyVotes Seats Kenya African National Union107 7Democratic Party39 16National Development Party21NewFORD Kenya17 14Social Democratic Party15 15Safina5NewFORD People3NewFORD Asili1 30Kenya Social Congress10Shirikisho Party of Kenya1NewAppointed members120Total222 22Valid votes5 813 59998 39Invalid blank votes95 3491 61Total votes5 908 948100 00Registered voters turnout9 063 39065 20Source IPUOf the 12 appointed members six were representatives of KANU two from the Democratic Party and one each from the National Development Party FORD Kenya the Social Democratic Party and Safina 3 Aftermath editIn 1998 Mwai Kibaki took a petition against Moi to court having served Moi by publishing the notice of the petition in the Kenya Gazette However judges Emmanuel O Kubasu Mbogholi Msagha and Moijo ole Keiwua ruled that Kibaki should have served Moi with the petition personally Their position was upheld at the Court of Appeal by judges Omolo Bernard Chunga Chief Justice AB Shah AA Lakha and Owuor JJ 4 References edit Elections in Kenya African Elections Database Dieter Nohlen Michael Krennerich amp Bernhard Thibaut 1999 Elections in Africa A data handbook p488 ISBN 0 19 829645 2 Elections held in 1997 Inter Parliamentary Union Why this election may be won in courts The Star 12 January 2013External links editKenya candidates and issues BBC News Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1997 Kenyan general election amp oldid 1175404477, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
