Official results from the IEBC: Ruto 30%, Odinga 28%
The official results of this week's elections have finally begun to be made public by Kenya's election commission, IEBC. The first round of presidential results, which were verified after receiving the physical forms from the returning officers, were announced by Chairman Wafula Chebukati Friday night.
KENYA PROVISIONAL RESULTS at Midnight
Ruto- 30.88% 84,812 Votes
Odinga- 28.93% 79,591
Wajackoyah- 0.49 1,345
Waihiga- 0.14% 398
The official results of this week’s elections have finally begun to be made public by Kenya’s election commission, IEBC. The first round of presidential results, which were verified after receiving the physical forms from the returning officers, were announced by Chairman Wafula Chebukati Friday night.
All returning officers from around the nation are currently staying at the IEBC as they validate forms 34A and B at the Bomas of Kenya.
Out of the over 14 million ballots tabulated from 5 of 292 constituencies (46,229 polling places), the figures that have been announced thus far include 166,146 votes.
Deputy President William Ruto of the Kenya Kwanza (Kenya First) Alliance is off to a fast start. He is only 84,812 votes ahead of Azimio la Umoja (Resolution for Unity) Odinga of the Kenya Coalition.
The majority of media outlets have since stopped updating the tentative results and have begun doing so just for the official results.
After a discouraging night in which the provisional results showed Ruto and Odinga stuck at 49% all day and night, attention has now shifted to the official results.
In order to win a presidential election, the candidate must receive at least 25% of the votes cast in more than 24 counties and 50% plus 1.
Due to social media rumors that the results websites had been hacked, media outlets in Kenya slowed down the counting in the afternoon.
In Kenya’s seventh general election since the country’s multiparty system was established in 1991, voters lined up to choose the nation’s fifth president as well as senators, county governors, and members of the National Assembly.
16,105 candidates are up for election in Kenya, where there are 1,879 elective offices up for grabs.
President Uhuru Kenyatta supported Azimio la Umoja (Resolution for Unity) candidate Odinga in the fiercely contested elections. The president and Ruto of the Kenya Kwanza (Kenya First) Alliance had a falling out.
