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JAMES ELVIS OMARIBA ONGWAE

Governor

GOV
ORANGE DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT
KISII
Elected 2017

James Elvis Omariba Ongwae won the 2017 Governor race in Kisii County against 7 other candidates, with 206,164 votes (51.20%), 95,404 ahead of the runner-up.

Election record

2 elections on record for this candidate.

Every election this person contested, from the IEBC record
Year Office Votes Result
2017 Governor 206,164 Elected
2013 Governor 229,380 Elected
JAMES ELVIS OMARIBA ONGWAE, ORANGE DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT, elected Governor for KISII, 206,164 votes, 2017 Kenya general election.
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Position
1st/8

In this race

Votes Received
206,164

Total votes for candidate

Total Votes Cast
402,659

In this election

Vote Share
51.20%

Of total votes

Vote Margin
+95,404 votes

Ahead of 2nd place

Voter Turnout
63.2%

402,659 voted

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Population & Turnout — KISII

1,266,860

Total population (2019 census)

637,010

Registered voters

402,659

Votes cast (63.2% turnout)

2017 Governor Race - All Candidates

Rank Candidate Party Votes % Distribution
1
JAMES ELVIS OMARIBA ONGWAE YOU
ORANGE DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT 206,164 51.20%
2
CHRISTOPHER MOGERE OBURE
JUBILEE PARTY 110,760 27.51%
3
MANSON OYONGO NYAMWEY A
KENYA NATIONAL CONGRESS 53,083 13.18%
4
JUSTRY P LUMUMBA NYABERI
WIPER DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT- KENYA 18,485 4.59%
5
CHARLES MARANGA BAGWASI
CHAMA MWANGAZA DAIMA 4,542 1.13%
6
BONIFACE OMBOTO
MAENDELEO CHAP CHAP PARTY 3,405 0.85%
7
SAMWEL NYACHWAYA NYAMAO
INDEPENDENT 3,297 0.82%
8
KEPHA MOGENI
PROGRESSIVE PARTY OF KENYA 2,923 0.73%
Total Candidates
8
Total Valid Votes
402,659