Budalangi Constituency
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Budalangi Constituency is an electoral constituency
in Kenya
. It is one of four constituencies in Busia District
. The constituency was established for the 1997 elections.
Constituencies of Kenya
Constituencies of Kenya are used to select members of the Kenyan parliament. Currently there are 210 constituencies in Kenya. However, following the promulgation of the new constitution, the number of constituencies are to be increased to 290...
in Kenya
Kenya
Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...
. It is one of four constituencies in Busia District
Busia District, Kenya
Busia is a district in the Western Province of Kenya. It borders Kakamega District to the east, Bungoma District and Teso district to the north, Busia District, Uganda to the west, and Lake Victoria to the south....
. The constituency was established for the 1997 elections.
Members of Parliament
| Elections | MP | Party | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 Kenyan general election, 1997 General elections were held in Kenya on 29 December 1997. 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... |
Raphael Bitta Sauti Wanjala | Ford-K | |
| 2002 | Raphael Bitta Sauti Wanjala | NARC National Rainbow Coalition The National Rainbow Coalition was a coalition of Kenyan political parties in power from 2002 and 2005 when it fell apart in a controversy between its wings about a constitutional referendum.-Formation:... |
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| 2007 Kenyan general election, 2007 Kenyan general election, 2007 was held on 27 December 2007 . It comprised Presidential, parliamentary and civic elections. The previous general election in Kenya was held in 2002.-See also:*Kenyan presidential election, 2007... |
Ababu Namwamba Ababu Namwamba Pius Tawfiq Namwamba Ababu is a Kenyan politician. A member of the Orange Democratic Movement, Namwamba was elected to represent Budalangi Constituency in the National Assembly of Kenya in the Kenyan parliamentary election, 2007.... |
ODM Orange Democratic Movement Orange Democratic Movement refers to a political party in Kenya, which is the successor of a former grassroots people's movement which was formed in the 2005 Kenyan constitutional referendum. The erstwhile single party which separated in August 2007 into two... |
Locations and wards
| Locations Locations of Kenya ||Locations are a type of administrative region in Kenya. Location are a fourth level subdivision below Provinces, Districts and Divisions. Locations are further subdivided into Sub-locations . As of 1999 census there were 2,427 locations and 6,612 sublocations in Kenya .Each division in Kenya is... |
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| Location | Population* |
|---|---|
| Bunyala Central | 10,699 |
| Bunyala East | 13,877 |
| Bunyala North | 13,343 |
| Bunyala South | 6,314 |
| Bunyala West | 16,064 |
| Khajula | 7,395 |
| Total | x |
| 1999 census . | |
| Wards | ||
| Ward | Registered Voters | Local Authority Local authorities of Kenya Local authorities in Kenya are the bodies controlling local governance in Kenya.Kenya has four classes of local authorities: City, Municipality, Town and County council. Currently there are three authorities with city status: Nairobi, the national capital, Mombasa and Kisumu... |
|---|---|---|
| Bukani | 2,098 | Port Victoria Port Victoria Port Victoria may refer to several places:* Victoria, Seychelles* Port Victoria, South Australia* Port Victoria, Kenya, a town in Busia District* Port Victoria, Kent, England** Port Victoria railway station, a former railway station in Kent, England... town |
| Bukoma | 986 | Port Victoria town |
| Bulemia | 2,008 | Port Victoria town |
| Lunyofu | 1,279 | Port Victoria town |
| Bunyala North | 7,879 | Busia County |
| Bunyala South | 9,182 | Busia County |
| Total | 23,432 | |