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Tharaka Constituency is an electoral constituency

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 the only constituency in Tharaka District

Tharaka District

Tharaka District is one of the seventy-one districts of Kenya located in that country's Eastern Province. The district has an area of 1570 km² and a population of 100,992 , none of them classified as urban...

. The entire constituency is located within Tharaka County Council area. The constituency was established for the 1988 elections.

Members of Parliament

Elections	MP	Party	Notes
1988 Kenyan general election, 1988 General elections were held in Kenya on 21 March 1988. At time the county was a one-party state with the Kenya African National Union as the sole legal party. The size of the National Assembly was expanded from 158 to 188 seats, whilst a further 12 members were appointed by President Daniel arap Moi...	Francis Nyamu Kagwima	KANU 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...	One-party system.
1992 Kenyan general election, 1992 General elections were held in Kenya 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...	Francis Nyamu Kagwima	KANU 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...
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...	Murago Cicilio Mwenda	DP 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...
2002	Francis Nyamu Kagwima	Ford-Asili
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...	Alex Muthengi Mwiru Alex Muthengi Mwiru Alex Muthengi Mwiru is a Kenyan politician. He belongs to the Party of National Unity and was elected to represent the Tharaka Constituency in the National Assembly of Kenya since the Kenyan parliamentary election, 2007.-References:...	PNU Party of National Unity (Kenya) Party of National Unity was founded as a political coalition of parties in Kenya. On September 16, 2007, Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki announced the party formation and said that he would run as its presidential candidate in the December 2007 Kenyan elections...

Wards

Ward	Registered Voters
Wards

Chiakariga	3,993
Gatue	2,307
Gikingo	4,787
Kamarandi / Kamanyaki	2,608
Kanjoro	3,056
Kathangachini	1,388
Maragwa	2,060
Marimanti	2,686
Nkondi	5,622
Ntugi	2,521
Tunyai	4,682
Turima	4,480
Total	40,190

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