The second multiparty general election in Kenya was held on December 29, 1997.
Presidential results
| Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
| KANU |
Daniel arap Moi |
2,500,856 |
40.60% |
| DP |
Mwai Kibaki |
1,911,742 |
31.00% |
| NDP |
Raila Odinga |
667,886 |
10.80% |
| FORD-K |
Kijana Wamalwa |
505,704 |
8.20% |
| SDP |
Charity Ngilu |
488,600 |
7.90% |
| Others |
Others |
84,644 |
1.40% |
| Total |
|
6,159,432 |
|
| Turnout: 68.2% (Registered Voters: 9,030,167) |
Presidential results by province
| Province |
Moi |
% |
Kibaki |
% |
Raila |
% |
Wamalwa |
% |
Ngilu |
% |
Others |
% |
Registered
Voters |
Turnout
% |
| Central |
56,367 |
5.6% |
891,484 |
89.4% |
6,869 |
0.7% |
3,058 |
0.3% |
30,535 |
3.1% |
9,347 |
0.9% |
1,346,189 |
74.1% |
Rift
Valley |
1,140,109 |
69.5% |
343,529 |
21.0% |
36,022 |
2.2% |
102,178 |
6.2% |
11,345 |
0.7% |
6,232 |
0.4% |
2,160,453 |
75.9% |
| Western |
314,669 |
44.9% |
9,755 |
1.4% |
13,458 |
1.9% |
338,120 |
48.2% |
3,429 |
0.5% |
21,496 |
3.1% |
1,028,732 |
68.1% |
| Nyanza |
215,923 |
23.6% |
138,202 |
15.1% |
519,180 |
56.8% |
14,623 |
1.6% |
15,301 |
1.7% |
11,245 |
1.2% |
1,361,251 |
67.2% |
| Eastern |
370,954 |
35.6% |
296,335 |
28.5% |
7,787 |
0.7% |
7,017 |
0.7% |
349,754 |
33.6% |
8,916 |
0.9% |
1,433,737 |
72.6% |
| Nairobi |
75,272 |
20.6% |
160,124 |
43.9% |
59,415 |
16.3% |
24,971 |
6.8% |
39,707 |
10.9% |
5,066 |
1.4% |
726,779 |
50.2% |
| Coast |
257,056 |
63.4% |
51,909 |
12.8% |
24,844 |
6.1% |
11,306 |
2.8% |
38,089 |
9.4% |
22,180 |
5.5% |
800,689 |
50.6% |
North
Eastern |
70,506 |
73.2% |
20,404 |
21.2% |
311 |
0.3% |
4,431 |
4.6% |
440 |
0.5% |
162 |
0.2% |
172,337 |
55.9% |
| Total |
2,500,856 |
40.6% |
1,911,742 |
31.0% |
667,886 |
10.8% |
505,704 |
8.2% |
488,600 |
7.9% |
84,644 |
1.4% |
9,030,167 |
68.2% |
| Source: Electoral Commission of Kenya |
Parlamentary results
(222 seats, 12 appointed by the president, 210 members popularly elected to serve 5-year terms)
- seats appointed by the president—KANU 6, DP 2, FORD-Kenya 1, SDP 1, NDP 1, SAFINA 1
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