1997 Kenyan general election

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Presidential election

Nominee Daniel arap Moi Mwai Kibaki Raila Odinga Party KANU Democratic NDP Popular vote 2,500,865 1,911,742 667,886 Percentage 40.40% 30.89% 10.79%   Nominee Michael Kijana Wamalwa Charity Ngilu Party FORD-K SDP Popular vote 505,704 488,600 Percentage 8.17% 7.89%

Results by province

President before election Daniel arap Moi Kenya African National Union Elected President Daniel arap Moi KANU

Parliamentary election

Party Leader Seats +/– KANU Daniel Arap Moi 107 +7 Democratic Mwai Kibaki 39 +16 NDP Raila Odinga 21 +21 FORD–Kenya Michael Kijana Wamalwa 17 −14 SDP Charity Ngilu 15 +15 Safina Paul Muite 5 New FORD–People Kimani wa Nyoike 3 New FORD–Asili Martin Shikuku 1 −30 KSC George Anyona 1 0 Shirikisho 1 New This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Speaker of the National Assembly before Speaker of the National Assembly after Francis ole Kaparo KANU Francis ole Kaparo KANU

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General elections were held in Kenya on 29 December 1997 to elect the President and the members of the National Assembly. 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. Following the election, Moi appointed a further 12 members to the Assembly.^[1]

Of the 12 appointed members, six were representatives of KANU, two from the Democratic Party, and one each from the National Development Party, FORD–Kenya, the Social Democratic Party and Safina.^[3]

In 1998 Mwai Kibaki took a petition against Moi to court, having served Moi by publishing the notice of the petition in the Kenya Gazette. However, judges Emmanuel O'Kubasu, Mbogholi Msagha and Moijo ole Keiwua ruled that Kibaki should have served Moi with the petition personally. Their position was upheld at the Court of Appeal by judges Omolo, Bernard Chunga (Chief Justice), AB Shah, AA Lakha and Owuor JJ.^[4]

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