2013 Kenyan general election

2013 Kenyan general election

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Presidential election
Turnout	85.91%[1]
Nominee Uhuru Kenyatta Raila Odinga Party National Alliance ODM Alliance Jubilee CORD Running mate William Ruto Kalonzo Musyoka Popular vote 6,173,433 5,340,546 Percentage 50.51% 43.7% Counties won 20 26 + Diaspora Counties with 25% vote 33 30
Constituency-level results
President before election Mwai Kibaki PNU Elected President Uhuru Kenyatta National Alliance

General elections were held in Kenya on 4 March 2013.^[2] Voters elected the President, members of the National Assembly and newly formed Senate. They were the first elections held under the new constitution, which was approved in a 2010 referendum, and were also the first run by the new Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC). They coincided with the 2013 Kenyan local elections.

The presidential election saw Uhuru Kenyatta of the National Alliance (TNA) defeat Raila Odinga of the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM). Incumbent President Mwai Kibaki was ineligible to pursue a third term due to the two-term limit established in Clause 142 of the Constitution of Kenya. This was the first Kenyan presidential election to include a joint-ticket system for deputy president, which was introduced in the 2010 Constitution. Kenyatta was joined on his ticket by William Ruto, while Odinga's running mate was Kalonzo Musyoka. Kenyatta was backed by the Jubilee Alliance, while Odinga was supported by the Coalition for Reforms and Democracy (CORD). Kenyatta was declared the winner with 50.5% of the vote, meaning a second round of voting was not needed. Odinga unsuccessfully contested the results in the Supreme Court.^[3]