Butere Constituency
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Butere Constituency is an electoral constituency in Kenya. It is one of twelve constituencies in Kakamega County and one of four in the former Butere/Mumias District. The constituency has six wards, all electing councillors to the Butere/Mumias County Council. The constituency was established for the 1963 elections.
Butere Constituency Members of Parliament
Elections | MP[1] | Party | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1963 | Joseph Martin Shikuku | KADU | |
1969 | Joseph Martin Shikuku | KANU | One-party system |
1974 | Joseph Martin Shikuku | KANU | One-party system |
1975 | Richard Litunya | KANU | By-election. One-party system. |
1979 | Joseph Martin Shikuku | KANU | One-party system |
1983 | Joseph Martin Shikuku | KANU | One-party system. |
1988 | Jesse Eshikhati Opembe | KANU | One-party system. |
1989 | J. A. O. Okwara | KANU | By-election. One-party system. |
1992 | Joseph Martin Shikuku | Ford-A | |
1997 | Amukowa Anangwe | KANU | |
2002 | Wycliffe Oparanya | NARC | |
2007 | Wycliffe Oparanya | ODM |
Wards in Butere Constituency
Wards | |
Ward | Registered voters |
---|---|
Butere township | 7,039 |
Central Marama | 6,362 |
Marenyo / Shianda | 8,510 |
North Marama | 7,241 |
Manyala and Masaba | 7,261 |
West Marama | 9,164 |
Total | 45,577 |
*September 2005[2] |
References
- ^ Center for Multiparty Democracy: Politics and Parliamentarians in Kenya 1944–2007 Archived October 28, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Electoral Commission of Kenya: Registered voters per polling station by electoral area/ward and constituency Archived September 29, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
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