Gichugu Constituency

Gichugu Constituency is an electoral constituency in Kenya. It is one of four constituencies in Kirinyaga County. The constituency was established for the 1963 elections and was known as Kirinyaga East Constituency between the 1966 and 1983 general elections

Members of Parliament

Elections	MP ^[1]	Party	Notes
1963	Kimamu Njiru Gichoya	KANU	One-party system
1966	Bernard Kathanga	KANU	One-party system
1969	Kimamu Njiru Gichoya	KANU	One-party system
1974	Nahashon Njunu Njuno	KANU	One-party system
1979	Nahashon Njunu Njuno	KANU	One-party system
1983	Nahashon Njunu Njuno	KANU	One-party system.
1988	Goefrey Kariithi Karekia	KANU	One-party system.
1992	Martha Karua	Democratic Party
1997	Martha Karua	Democratic Party
2002	Martha Karua	NARC
2007	Martha Karua	PNU
2013	Ejidius Njogu Barua	TNA
2017	Robert Gichimu Githinji	Jubilee Party
2022	Robert Gichimu Githinji	United Democratic Alliance	IND.

Locations and wards

Locations	Population^[2]
Baragwi	21,711
Kabare	20,392
Karumandi	26,898
Kirima	31,697
Ngariama	20,253
Njukini	24,266
Total	145,217

Registered voters per ward

Baragwi	9,697	Kirinyaga county
Kabare	6,867	Kirinyaga county
Karumandi	13,248	Kirinyaga county
Kirima	16,658	Kirinyaga county
Kutus Central	1,795	Kerugoya/Kutus municipality
Ngariama	10,251	Kirinyaga county
Njuki-ini	10,747	Kirinyaga county
Total	69,263
*September 2005,^[3]^[4]

Source:^[5]

Members of County Assembly (MCAs) 2027

Baragwi	Incoming MCA: Ruth Gacheke Mwangi	Outgoing MCA: David Mathenge
Kabare	Incoming MCA:Sidney Irungu Gitari	Outgoing MCA: Patrick Chomba
Karumandi	Incoming MCA: Harrison Kariuki Bundi	Outgoing MCA: Munene Roho safi
Kirima (Within Kabare Ward)	John Ndwiga Bosco
Njuki-ini	Incoming MCA: Mwai Njagi

Electoral history

2017

2017 Kenyan general election in Gichugu Constituency^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Jubilee	Robert Gichimu Githinji	68,521	92.28%
	Independent	Andrew Bundi Njogu	4,634	6.24%
	PNU	Dominic Ndwiga Ngure	1,100	1.48%
Majority			63,887	86.04%
Turnout			74,255
	Jubilee gain from National Alliance

2013

2013 Kenyan general election in Gichugu Constituency^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	National Alliance	Ejidius Njogu Barua	24,839	41.38%
	GNU	Robert Gichimu Githinji	20,192	33.68%
	Agano	James Gachinga	9,088	15.14%
	Others		5,897	9.83%
Majority			4,647	7.70%
Turnout			60,016
	National Alliance gain from PNU

References

^ Center for Multiparty Democracy: Politics and Paliamenterians in Kenya 1944-2007
^ information.go.ke: CDF allocation by sector and location (2003-6)^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Electoral Commission of Kenya: Registered voters per polling station by electoral area/ward and constituency Archived September 29, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
^ Electoral Commission of Kenya: Civic Elections Results (2002)^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission. Kenya. 2022 Voter Registration Data . IEBC. https://www.iebc.or.ke/registration/?stats
^ ^a ^b "Gichugu". elections.co.ke. Retrieved 2022-08-10.

External links

Map of the constituency^{[permanent dead link]}

[1] Center for Multiparty Democracy: Politics and Paliamenterians in Kenya 1944-2007

[2] rmation.go.ke: CDF allocation by sector and location (2003-6)^{[permanent dead link]}

[3] Electoral Commission of Kenya: Registered voters per polling station by electoral area/ward and constituency Archived September 29, 2007, at the Wayback Machine

[4] Electoral Commission of Kenya: Civic Elections Results (2002)^{[permanent dead link]}

[5] Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission. Kenya. 2022 Voter Registration Data . IEBC. https://www.iebc.or.ke/registration/?stats

[:1-6] "Gichugu". elections.co.ke. Retrieved 2022-08-10.

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