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1979 Kenyan general election

Election in Kenya

Field	Value
election_name	1979 Kenyan presidential election
country	Kenya
type	presidential
ongoing	no
previous_election	1978 Kenyan presidential election
previous_year	1978
next_election	1983 Kenyan general election
next_year	1983
election_date
title	President
after_election	Daniel Arap Moi
before_election	Daniel Arap Moi

General elections were held in Kenya on 8 November 1979. At the time, the country was a de facto one-party state with the Kenya African National Union being the sole party to participate in the election. A total of 742 KANU candidates stood for the 158 National Assembly seats, with more than half of the incumbents (including seven ministers) defeated. Voter turnout was 67.3%. Although the post of President of Kenya was due to be elected at the same time as the National Assembly, Daniel arap Moi was the sole candidate and was automatically elected without a vote being held. Following the elections, a further 12 members were appointed by President Moi.

Results

References

[http://www.eisa.org.za/wep/kenoneparty.htm Kenya: One party elections (1969–1988)] EISA
[http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/KENYA_1979_E.PDF Kenya] Inter-Parliamentary Union

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