Maragua Constituency
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Maragua Constituency is an electoral constituency
in Kenya
. It is one of three constituencies in Maragua District
, Central Province
. The constituency was established for the 1997 elections.
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 one of three constituencies in Maragua District
Maragua District
Maragua District is one of the seventy-one districts of Kenya, located in the Central Province. Its capital is the town of Maragua. Maragua District has a population of 387,969 and an area of 868 km²...
, Central Province
Central Province (Kenya)
Kenya's Central Province covers an area of 13,191 km² and is located to north of Nairobi and west of Mt. Kenya. The province had 4,383,743 inhabitants according to the 2009 census...
. The constituency was established for the 1997 elections.
Members of Parliament
| Elections | MP | Party | Notes |
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| 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... |
Peter Kamande Mwangi | Democratic Party 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... |
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| 2002 | Elias Mbau Elias Mbau Elias Peter Mbau is a Kenyan politician. He belongs to the Party of National Unity and was elected to represent the Maragwa Constituency in the National Assembly of Kenya since the Kenyan parliamentary election, 2007.... |
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:... |
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| 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... |
Elias Mbau Elias Mbau Elias Peter Mbau is a Kenyan politician. He belongs to the Party of National Unity and was elected to represent the Maragwa Constituency in the National Assembly of Kenya since the Kenyan parliamentary election, 2007.... |
PNU Party of National Unity (Kenya) Party of National Unity was founded as a political coalition of parties in Kenya. On September 16, 2007, Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki announced the party formation and said that he would run as its presidential candidate in the December 2007 Kenyan elections... |
Wards
| Wards | ||
| Ward | Registered Voters | Local authority Local authorities of Kenya Local authorities in Kenya are the bodies controlling local governance in Kenya.Kenya has four classes of local authorities: City, Municipality, Town and County council. Currently there are three authorities with city status: Nairobi, the national capital, Mombasa and Kisumu... |
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| Gakoigo | 4,479 | Maragua Maragua Maragua is a town in the Central Province of Kenya. It is the capital of the Maragua District. The town is located along Thika–Sagana road just 10 km south of Murang'a. Maragua town has an urban population of 4,286 and a total population of 27,384 . Norwegian-Kenyan singer Stella Mwangi was... town |
| Ichagaki Ichagaki Ichagaki is a settlement in Kenya's Central Province.... |
4,480 | Maragua town |
| Mbugua Mbugua Mbugua is a settlement in Kenya's Central Province.... |
2,106 | Maragua town |
| Samar | 1,626 | Maragua town |
| Kambiti | 4,632 | Makuyu town |
| Kirimiri Kirimiri Kirimiri is a settlement in Kenya's Central Province.... |
4,167 | Makuyu town |
| Makuyu | 9,497 | Makuyu town |
| Wempa | 3,408 | Makuyu town |
| Kamahuha / Maranjau Maranjau Maranjau is a settlement in Kenya's Central Province.... |
10,113 | Maragua county |
| Maragua Ridge | 2,516 | Maragua county |
| Nginda | 7,871 | Maragua county |
| Total | 54,895 | |