2017 Kenyan presidential election

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The 2017 Kenyan presidential election was a highly contested national vote marked by a historic Supreme Court annulment of the initial results and a subsequent repeat election amid political tension and opposition boycotts.

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instanceOf presidential election
abbreviation IEBC
characterizedBy opposition protests
political tension
security force crackdowns
coalitionOfCandidate Raila Odinga – NASA
linked to: Raila Odinga
constitutionalFramework Constitution of Kenya 2010
controversy allegations of electronic system hacking
questions over results transmission infrastructure
country Kenya
electoralSystem two-round system with 50%+1 national vote and county-distribution requirement
firstRoundDate 2017-08-08
followedBy 2022 Kenyan general election
incumbentBeforeElection Uhuru Kenyatta
initialResultAnnouncedOn 2017-08-11
initialResultAnnulledBy Supreme Court of Kenya
initialResultAnnulmentDate 2017-09-01
initialResultChallengedAt Supreme Court of Kenya
initialResultChallengedBy Raila Odinga
initialWinner Uhuru Kenyatta
legalSignificance first annulment of a presidential election result by a Supreme Court in Africa
mainCandidate Raila Odinga
Uhuru Kenyatta
monitoredBy domestic observer groups
international observer missions
oppositionCoalition National Super Alliance
oppositionDemand replacement of IEBC officials and reforms before repeat poll
organizedBy Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission
partOf Kenyan general election, 2017
partyOfCandidate Raila Odinga – National Super Alliance
linked to: Raila Odinga

Uhuru Kenyatta – Jubilee Party
positionContested President of Kenya
precededBy 2013 Kenyan presidential election
presidentAfterElection Uhuru Kenyatta
presidentAfterElectionTerm second and final term under 2010 Constitution
reasonForAnnulment irregularities and illegalities in the transmission of results
region East Africa
relatedEvent killing of IEBC ICT manager Chris Msando in July 2017
repeatElectionBoycottedBy Raila Odinga
repeatElectionDate 2017-10-26
repeatElectionHeldOn 2017-10-26
repeatElectionOrderedBy Supreme Court of Kenya
repeatElectionTimeLimit 60 days from annulment
repeatElectionTurnout significantly lower than August poll
repeatElectionWinner Uhuru Kenyatta
runningMate Raila Odinga – Kalonzo Musyoka
linked to: Raila Odinga

Uhuru Kenyatta – William Ruto
linked to: Uhuru Kenyatta
technologyUsed Kenya Integrated Election Management System (KIEMS)
voterRegistrationRequirement biometric voter registration

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Uhuru Kenyatta electionVictory 2017 Kenyan presidential election
Raila Odinga candidateIn 2017 Kenyan presidential election