Keiyo South Constituency

{{Short description|Kenyan electoral constituency}}

Keiyo South is an electoral constituency in Kenya. It is one of four constituencies of Elgeyo-Marakwet County. The constituency has 6 wards, all of which elect a Member of County Assembly (MCA) for Elgeyo Marakwet County which sits in the county Headquarters, Iten. The wards are namely: Metkei, Kabiemit, Chepkorio, Soy South and Kaptarakwa. The constituency was established for the 1969 elections, one of two constituencies of the former Keiyo District.

Members of Parliament

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Elections

!MP Center for Multiparty Democracy: [http://www.cmd.or.ke/images/Politics%20and%20Paliamenterians%20in%20Kenya.pdf Politics and Parliamentarians in Kenya 1944–2007] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081028212845/http://www.cmd.or.ke/images/Politics%20and%20Paliamenterians%20in%20Kenya.pdf |date=2008-10-28 }}

!Party

!Notes

1969Stanley KurgatKANUOne-party system
1974Stanley KurgatKANUOne-party system
1979Nicholas BiwottKANUOne-party system
1983Nicholas BiwottKANUOne-party system.
1988Nicholas BiwottKANUOne-party system.
1992Nicholas BiwottKANU
1997Nicholas BiwottKANU
2002Nicholas BiwottKANU
2007Jackson KiptanuiODM
2013Jackson KiptanuiURP
2017Daniel RonoJubilee
2022Gideon KimaiyoUDA

Locations and wards

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Location

!Population*

Chemoibon4,819
Chepsigot2,244
Epke2,353
Kabiemit6,731
Kamwosor6,774
Kapkwony2,556
Kaptarakwa5,411
Kibargoi4,802
Kitany7,226
Kocholwo6,865
Maoi5,640
Marichor15,196
Metkei3,285
Mosop7,754
Nyaru8,933
Soy10,544
Tumeiyo5,213
Totalx
colspan="2"|1999 census.information.go.ke:

[http://www.information.go.ke/cdf_docs/2003-2006-Keiyo%20south.pdf CDF allocation by sector and location (2003-6)]{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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Ward

!Registered Voters

Chemoibon1,941
Chepsigot1,835
Kabiemit2,699
Kamwosor2,773
Kaptarakwa2,728
Kibargoi2,071
Kitany2,848
Kocholwo2,701
Maoi1,942
Marichor6,196
Metkei2,270
Mosop2,386
Nyaru2,821
Soy ward3,922
Tumeiyo1,929
Total41,062
colspan="2"| {{smaller|*September 2005.Electoral Commission of Kenya: [http://www.agendaafrica.com/files/Voters.pdf Registered voters per polling station by electoral area/ward and constituency] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929025048/http://www.agendaafrica.com/files/Voters.pdf |date=2007-09-29 }}}}

References