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Ruiru, Thika lead in provisional tally as Kiambu give Uhuru over 900,000 votes.

Provisional results from the October 26 presidential re-election indicate that Uhuru Kenyatta has garnered 916,463 votes in his home county of Kiambu.

According to the data available, Ruiru Constituency emerged the “Uhuruiest” constituency in the county after President Uhuru Kenyatta ranked up his largest vote totals with 107,670 votes.  Thika Town Constituency with 147,323 registered voters ranked second after the president garnered 99,517 votes.

Ruiru has 159,391 registered voters.

Apparently, Gatundu North Constituency ranked highest in terms of the voter percentage turnout with 87% followed by Gatundu South, Lari and Githunguri Constituencies all with an 86% voter turnout.

In general, Kiambu County managed a 79% voter turnout with Ruiru and Thika Constituencies recording the lowest (69%) due to their cosmopolitan nature.

Majority of the diaspora voters in these regions heeded their leader Raila Odinga’s election boycott appeal and stayed at home while their Jubilee counterparts went out to cast their vote.

NASA leader Raila Odinga garnered 4,624 votes in Kiambu County with Gatundu North registering his worst performance with a paltry 41 votes.

On average, President Uhuru Kenyatta received a whopping 99% of the votes cast in all the constituencies.

The following table shows how Kiambu electorate voted on October 26th
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CONSTITUENCY
REGISTERED VOTERS
VOTES CAST
VOTER TURNOUT (%)
UHURU
RAILA
GATUNDU N.
67,528
58,534
87
58,387
41
KIAMBU
80,811
64,993
80
64,034
312
LIMURU
87,258
70,830
81
69,912
408
GATUNDU S.
75,858
65,254
86
65,099
49
JUJA
114,781
87,738
76
86,363
671
RUIRU
159,391
109,773
69
107,670
1,004
THIKA
147,344
101,989
69
99,517
1,243
KIKUYU
91,157
72,755
80
72,022
311
KABETE
85,243
69,936
82
69,336
202
LARI
76,655
65,969
86
65,781
57
GITHUNGURI
99,384
85,668
86
84,989
110
KIAMBAA
95,413
74,221
77
73,353
216
TOTALS
1,180,782
927,633
79
916,463
4,624


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