Tigania West Constituency
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Tigania West Constituency is an electoral constituency
in Kenya
. It is one of four constituencies of Meru North District
. The constituency has six wards, all of which elect councillors for the Nyambene County Council. 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 of Meru North District
Meru North District
Meru North District is one of the seventy-one districts of Kenya, located in that country's Eastern Province. In 1992, it was split from the large Meru District, along with Meru Central District, Meru South District, and Tharaka District....
. The constituency has six wards, all of which elect councillors for the Nyambene County Council. 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... |
Benjamim R. Ndubai | 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... |
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| 2000 | Stephen Makangu | 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... |
By-election |
| 2002 | Kilemi Mwiria | 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... |
Kilemi Mwiria | 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... |
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* |
|---|---|
| Akithi | 39,407 |
| Kianjai | 14,519 |
| Kimachia | 12,157 |
| Kiorimba | 4,489 |
| Kitheo | 13,759 |
| Mbeu | 16.753 |
| Miathene | 13,260 |
| Mituntu | 12,027 |
| Nkomo | 14,718 |
| Total | x |
| 1999 census . | |
| Wards | |
| Ward | Registered Voters |
|---|---|
| Akithi | 12,208 |
| Kianjai | 9,555 |
| Kitheo | 3,956 |
| Mbeu | 6,093 |
| Mituntu | 4,640 |
| Nkomo | 8,454 |
| Total | 44,906 |