Kenyan general election, 2002

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Kenyan_general_election,_2002
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:politics
gptkbp:country gptkb:Kenya
gptkbp:date 27 December 2002
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Kenyan general election, 2002
gptkbp:incumbent gptkb:Daniel_arap_Moi
gptkbp:location gptkb:Kenya
gptkbp:mainCandidate gptkb:James_Orengo
gptkb:Simeon_Nyachae
gptkb:David_Waweru_Ng'ethe
gptkb:James_Karanja
gptkb:Koigi_wa_Wamwere
gptkb:Waweru_Ng'ethe
gptkb:Uhuru_Kenyatta
gptkb:Mwai_Kibaki
Raila Odinga (supported Kibaki)
gptkbp:mainOppositionPartyAbbreviation gptkb:KANU
gptkbp:mainOppositionVotes 31.3%
gptkbp:nextEdition gptkb:Kenyan_general_election,_2007
gptkbp:notableEvent KANU split before the election
NARC formed as an opposition coalition
Raila Odinga supported Kibaki under NARC
Daniel arap Moi was constitutionally barred from running
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Kenya_African_National_Union
gptkbp:parliamentaryElectionType first-past-the-post
gptkbp:parliamentarySeatsTotal 210
gptkbp:parliamentarySeatsWonByFORD-People 14
gptkbp:parliamentarySeatsWonByKANU 64
gptkbp:parliamentarySeatsWonByNARC 125
gptkbp:parliamentarySecondPlaceParty gptkb:Kenya_African_National_Union
gptkbp:parliamentaryThirdPlaceParty gptkb:Forum_for_the_Restoration_of_Democracy–People
gptkbp:parliamentaryWinner gptkb:National_Rainbow_Coalition
gptkbp:presidentialElectionType direct popular vote
gptkbp:presidentialParty gptkb:National_Rainbow_Coalition
gptkbp:presidentialWinnerFullName gptkb:Emilio_Mwai_Kibaki
gptkbp:presidentialWinnerPartyAbbreviation gptkb:NARC
gptkbp:previousEdition gptkb:Kenyan_general_election,_1997
gptkbp:significance first peaceful transfer of power in Kenya
marked end of KANU's long rule
gptkbp:voterTurnout 57.2%
gptkbp:votesForWinner 62.2%
gptkbp:winner gptkb:Mwai_Kibaki
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Safina_Party
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5