2002 Kenyan general election

2002 General Elections in Kenya

2002 Kenyan general election

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Presidential election

Turnout| 57.18%
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Nominee  | Mwai Kibaki | Uhuru Kenyatta | Simeon Nyachae
Party  | NARC | KANU | FORD–People
Popular vote  | 3,646,277 | 1,835,890  | 345,152
Percentage  | 62.20% | 31.32%  | 5.89%

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Results by province

| Kibaki

60-70%

70-80%

| Kenyatta

50-60%

60-70%

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| President before election

Daniel arap Moi
KANU

| Elected President

Mwai Kibaki
NARC

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General elections were held in Kenya on 27 December 2002.[1] Voters elected the President, and members of the National Assembly. They coincided with the 2002 Kenyan local elections.

Mwai Kibaki of the National Rainbow Coalition (NARC) was elected, defeating Uhuru Kenyatta of the Kenya African National Union (KANU) and Simeon Nyachae of FORD–People.

Incumbent president Daniel arap Moi was ineligible to pursue a third term due to the two-term limit in the Constitution of Kenya. This was the first truly free general election held in Kenya since independence in 1964; a number of by-elections were held in 1966 before the onset of de facto one-party rule in 1969. The general election saw the end of the long-standing dominance of the KANU, which had governed the country since independence in 1963, including 23 years as the only legal party. The National Rainbow Coalition won a majority in the National Assembly.

## Background[edit]

Incumbent president Moi was constitutionally barred from running in the 2002 presidential elections. Some of his supporters floated the idea of amending the constitution to allow him to run for a third term, but Moi preferred to retire, choosing Uhuru Kenyatta, the son of Kenya's first President, as his successor.[2] In protest of Moi's decision a group of disappointed KANU presidential aspirants quit KANU and formed the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP).

In preparation for the 2002 elections, Kibaki's Democratic Party affiliated with several other opposition parties, including the LDP and National Alliance Party of Kenya (NAK) to form the National Rainbow Coalition (NARC). On 14 October 2002, at a large opposition rally in Uhuru Park in Nairobi, Kibaki was nominated as the NARC candidate after Raila Odinga declared Kibaki Tosha!' (Kibaki is the one!) '[3]

## Results[edit]

### President[edit]

Candidate| Party| Votes| %

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| Mwai Kibaki| National Rainbow Coalition| 3,646,277| 62.20
| Uhuru Kenyatta| Kenya African National Union| 1,835,890| 31.32
| Simeon Nyachae| FORD–People| 345,152| 5.89
| James Orengo| Social Democratic Party| 24,524| 0.42
| David Ng'ethe| Chama Cha Uma| 10,061| 0.17
Total| 5,861,904| 100.00
Valid votes| 5,861,904| 98.09
Invalid/blank votes| 114,006| 1.91
Total votes| 5,975,910| 100.00
Registered voters/turnout| 10,451,150| 57.18
Source: IFES

### National Assembly[edit]

Party or alliance| Votes| %| Seats| +/–

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Rainbow
Coalition| | Liberal Democratic Party| | 59| New
| Democratic Party| | 39| 0
| FORD–Kenya| | 21| +4
| National Party of Kenya| | 6| New
Total| | 125| +10
| Kenya African National Union| | 64| –43
| FORD–People| | 14| 11
| FORD–Asili| | 2| 1
| Safina| | 2| –3
| Sisi Kwa Sisi| | 2| New
| Shirikisho Party of Kenya| | 1| 0
| Other parties| | 0| –
Appointed members| | 12| 0
Total| | 222| 0
Registered voters/turnout| 10,451,150| –|
Source: African Elections Database

Of the 12 appointed seats, seven were members of the National Rainbow Coalition, four were members of KANU and one was a member of FORD–People.[4]

## See also[edit]

* 9th Parliament of Kenya

## References[edit]

1. ^ Kenya: 2002 National Assembly election results EISA
2. ^ Marc Lacey (13 October 2002). "Kenya's Leader to Step Down but Not Out". New York Times.
3. ^ "The deal and deal makers in Kibaki's 2002 victory". Nation.co.ke. Retrieved 1 June 2010.
4. ^ Elections in Kenya African Elections Database

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