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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2017 Kenyan presidential election canonical 2

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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 ⓘ