Kenyan general election, 1992
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General elections were held 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...

 on 29 December 1992. Although they were the first multi-party elections since independence, the results were marred by allegations of ballot-box stuffing, and targeted ethnic violence in the Rift Valley Province. Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch
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 accused several prominent Kenyan politicians, including President Daniel arap Moi
Daniel arap Moi
Daniel Toroitich arap Moi was the President of Kenya from 1978 until 2002.Daniel arap Moi is popularly known to Kenyans as 'Nyayo', a Swahili word for 'footsteps'...

 and then-VP George Saitoti
George Saitoti
Prof. George Kinuthia Saitoti is a Kenyan politician and mathematician who was Vice President of Kenya from 1989 to 1997 and again from 1999 to 2002. He has been Minister for Internal Security since 2008 and Acting Minister for Foreign Affairs since 2010.-Biography and education:George Saitoti is...

 of inciting and coordinating the violence. They were also the first elections to feature a ballot for the post of President, who had previously been elected by the National Assembly
National Assembly of Kenya
The unicameral National Assembly of Kenya is the country's legislative body.The current National Assembly has a total of 224 members. 210 members are directly elected in single member constituencies using the simple majority system...

. Voter turnout was 69.4%.

Presidential election

Candidate Party Votes %
Daniel arap Moi
Daniel arap Moi
Daniel Toroitich arap Moi was the President of Kenya from 1978 until 2002.Daniel arap Moi is popularly known to Kenyans as 'Nyayo', a Swahili word for 'footsteps'...

Kenya African National Union
Kenya African National Union
The Kenya African National Union, better known as KANU is a political party which ruled Kenya for nearly 40 years after its independence from British colonial rule in 1963, until its electoral loss at the end of 2002...

1,962,866 36.4
Kenneth Matiba
Kenneth Matiba
Kenneth Matiba is a Kenyan politician. He was the second-place candidate in the 1992 presidential election.Matiba became a senior civil servant at a young age of 31...

Ford–Asili 1,404,266 26.0
Mwai Kibaki
Mwai Kibaki
Mwai Kibaki is the current and third President of the republic of Kenya.Kibaki was previously Vice President of Kenya for ten years from 1978–1988 and also held cabinet ministerial positions, including a widely acclaimed stint as Minister for Finance , Minister for Home Affairs and Minister for...

Democratic Party
Democratic Party (Kenya)
The Democratic Party is a conservative political party in Kenya.At the last legislative elections, 27 December 2002, the party was a partner in the National Rainbow Coalition, that won 56.1% of the popular vote and 125 out of 210 elected seats. The party itself took 36 of these seats...

1,050,617 19.5
Jaramogi Oginga Odinga
Jaramogi Oginga Odinga
Jaramogi Ajuma Oginga Odinga was a Luo Chief, who became a prominent figure in Kenya's struggle for independence. He later served as Kenya's first Vice-President, and thereafter as opposition leader...

Ford–Kenya 944,197 17.5
George Anyona
George Anyona
George Moseti Anyona was a politician from Kenya.He not only coined a niche for himself as a fiercely independent thinker, but quite an unpredictable one too. There's no telling what Anyona might be up to, until it actually happens...

Kenya National Congress 15,393 0.3
John Harun Mwau PICK 6,449 0.1
David Mukaru Ng'ang'a Kenya Social Congress 14,253 0.3
Total 5,398,037 100

By province

Province Moi
Daniel arap Moi
Daniel Toroitich arap Moi was the President of Kenya from 1978 until 2002.Daniel arap Moi is popularly known to Kenyans as 'Nyayo', a Swahili word for 'footsteps'...

% Matiba
Kenneth Matiba
Kenneth Matiba is a Kenyan politician. He was the second-place candidate in the 1992 presidential election.Matiba became a senior civil servant at a young age of 31...

% Kibaki
Mwai Kibaki
Mwai Kibaki is the current and third President of the republic of Kenya.Kibaki was previously Vice President of Kenya for ten years from 1978–1988 and also held cabinet ministerial positions, including a widely acclaimed stint as Minister for Finance , Minister for Home Affairs and Minister for...

% Odinga
Jaramogi Oginga Odinga
Jaramogi Ajuma Oginga Odinga was a Luo Chief, who became a prominent figure in Kenya's struggle for independence. He later served as Kenya's first Vice-President, and thereafter as opposition leader...

% Total
Nairobi 62,402 16.6 165,533 44.1 69,715 18.6 75,898 20.2 373,548
Central 21,882 2.1 621,368 60.1 372,937 36.1 10,765 1.0 1,026,952
Eastern 290,494 36.8 80,515 10.2 398,727 50.5 13,064 1.7 782,800
North Eastern 57,400 78.1 7,460 10.1 3,297 4.5 5,237 7.1 73,394
Coast 200,596 64.1 35,598 11.4 23,766 7.6 50,516 16.1 310,476
Rift Valley 994,844 67.8 274,011 18.7 111,098 7.6 83,945 5.7 1,463,898
Western 217,375 40.9 192,859 36.3 19,115 3.6 94,851 17.9 524,200
Nyanza 111,873 14.4 26,922 3.3 51,962 6.4 609,921 74.7 800,678
Total 1,956,866 1,404,266 1,050,617 944,197 5,398,037
Source: Multi-party Politics in Kenya

National Assembly

Party Votes % Seats
Kenya African National Union
Kenya African National Union
The Kenya African National Union, better known as KANU is a political party which ruled Kenya for nearly 40 years after its independence from British colonial rule in 1963, until its electoral loss at the end of 2002...

1,327,691 24.5 |100
Ford–Asili 1,118,247 20.6 31
Democratic Party
Democratic Party (Kenya)
The Democratic Party is a conservative political party in Kenya.At the last legislative elections, 27 December 2002, the party was a partner in the National Rainbow Coalition, that won 56.1% of the popular vote and 125 out of 210 elected seats. The party itself took 36 of these seats...

1,016,049 18.7 23
Ford–Kenya 928,364 17.1 31
Kenya National Congress 87,788 1.5 1
PICK 42,109 0.8 1
Kenya Social Congress 17,133 0.3 1
Kenyan National Democratic Alliance 771 0.0 0
Social Democratic Party 177 0.0 0
Invalid/blank votes 61,173
Total 5,486,768 100 188
Source: Nohlen et al
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