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Kuria Constituency is an electoral constituency

Constituencies of Kenya

Constituencies of Kenya are used to select members of the Kenyan parliament. Currently there are 210 constituencies in Kenya. However, following the promulgation of the new constitution, the number of constituencies are to be increased to 290...

in Kenya

Kenya

Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...

. It is the only constituency in Kuria District

Kuria District

Kuria District is an administrative district in the Nyanza Province of Kenya. Its capital town is Kehancha . The district has a population of 256,086 and an area of 581 km²...

. The constituency has 21 wards, all electing councillors to the Kehancha municipality.

Members of Parliament

Elections	MP	Party	Notes
1963	B. Chacha Maisori-Itumbo	KANU Kenya African National Union The Kenya African National Union, better known as KANU is a political party which ruled Kenya for nearly 40 years after its independence from British colonial rule in 1963, until its electoral loss at the end of 2002...
1969 Kenyan general election, 1969 General elections were held in Kenya on 6 December 1969, the first since independence in 1963. The country had become a de facto one-party state after President Jomo Kenyatta had banned the Kenya African People's Union on 30 October, with Kenyatta's Kenya African National Union being the sole party...	Samson Mwita Marwa	KANU Kenya African National Union The Kenya African National Union, better known as KANU is a political party which ruled Kenya for nearly 40 years after its independence from British colonial rule in 1963, until its electoral loss at the end of 2002...	One-party system
1974 Kenyan general election, 1974 General elections were held in Kenya on 14 October 1974. At the time, the country was a de facto one-party state with the Kenya African National Union being the sole party to participate in the election. 740 KANU candidates stood for the 158 National Assembly seats, with 88 incumbents defeated....	B. Chacha Maisori-Itumbo	KANU Kenya African National Union The Kenya African National Union, better known as KANU is a political party which ruled Kenya for nearly 40 years after its independence from British colonial rule in 1963, until its electoral loss at the end of 2002...	One-party system
1979 Kenyan general election, 1979 General elections were held in Kenya on 8 November 1979. At the time, the country was a de facto one-party state with the Kenya African National Union being the sole party to participate in the election. 742 KANU candidates stood for the 158 National Assembly seats, with more than half of the...	Walter Elijah Mwita	KANU Kenya African National Union The Kenya African National Union, better known as KANU is a political party which ruled Kenya for nearly 40 years after its independence from British colonial rule in 1963, until its electoral loss at the end of 2002...	One-party system
1983 Kenyan general election, 1983 General elections were held in Kenya on 26 September 1983. At the time, the country was a one-party state with the Kenya African National Union having been made the sole party the previous year. Moer than 750 KANU candidates stood for the 158 National Assembly seats, with around 40% of incumbents ...	Walter Elijah Mwita	KANU Kenya African National Union The Kenya African National Union, better known as KANU is a political party which ruled Kenya for nearly 40 years after its independence from British colonial rule in 1963, until its electoral loss at the end of 2002...	One-party system.
1988 Kenyan general election, 1988 General elections were held in Kenya on 21 March 1988. At time the county was a one-party state with the Kenya African National Union as the sole legal party. The size of the National Assembly was expanded from 158 to 188 seats, whilst a further 12 members were appointed by President Daniel arap Moi...	Walter Elijah Mwita	KANU Kenya African National Union The Kenya African National Union, better known as KANU is a political party which ruled Kenya for nearly 40 years after its independence from British colonial rule in 1963, until its electoral loss at the end of 2002...	One-party system.
1992 Kenyan general election, 1992 General elections were held in Kenya on 29 December 1992. Although they were the first multi-party elections since independence, the results were marred by allegations of ballot-box stuffing, and targeted ethnic violence in the Rift Valley Province...	Shadrack R. M. Manga	KANU Kenya African National Union The Kenya African National Union, better known as KANU is a political party which ruled Kenya for nearly 40 years after its independence from British colonial rule in 1963, until its electoral loss at the end of 2002...
1997 Kenyan general election, 1997 General elections were held in Kenya on 29 December 1997. 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...	Shadrack R. M. Manga	KANU Kenya African National Union The Kenya African National Union, better known as KANU is a political party which ruled Kenya for nearly 40 years after its independence from British colonial rule in 1963, until its electoral loss at the end of 2002...
2002	Wilfred Gisuka Machage Wilfred Gisuka Machage Wilfred Gisuka Machage is a Kenyan politician. He belongs to the Democratic Party and was elected to represent the Kuria Constituency in the National Assembly of Kenya since the Kenyan parliamentary election, 2007.-References:...	NARC National Rainbow Coalition The National Rainbow Coalition was a coalition of Kenyan political parties in power from 2002 and 2005 when it fell apart in a controversy between its wings about a constitutional referendum.-Formation:...
2007 Kenyan general election, 2007 Kenyan general election, 2007 was held on 27 December 2007 . It comprised Presidential, parliamentary and civic elections. The previous general election in Kenya was held in 2002.-See also:*Kenyan presidential election, 2007...	Wilfred Gisuka Machage Wilfred Gisuka Machage Wilfred Gisuka Machage is a Kenyan politician. He belongs to the Democratic Party and was elected to represent the Kuria Constituency in the National Assembly of Kenya since the Kenyan parliamentary election, 2007.-References:...	DP Democratic Party (Kenya) The Democratic Party is a conservative political party in Kenya.At the last legislative elections, 27 December 2002, the party was a partner in the National Rainbow Coalition, that won 56.1% of the popular vote and 125 out of 210 elected seats. The party itself took 36 of these seats...

Wards

Ward	Registered Voters
Wards

Bukira Central	2,112
Bukira East	3,273
Getambwega	1,934
Getong'anya	3,507
Gokeharaka	2,223
Gwitembe	1,638
Ikerege	2,482
Kebaroti	2,031
Kegonga	3,122
Kombe	628
Komosoko	2,329
Maeta	1,652
Masaba	1,744
Ntimaru	3,378
Nyabasi North	1,414
Nyabasi West	2,654
Nyamaharaga	4,994
Nyamosenge	2,748
Siabai	1,277
Tagare	2,659
Wangirabose	1,578
Total	49,377

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