1974 Kenyan general election

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14 October 1974

Presidential election

← 1969 1978 →


Candidate	Jomo Kenyatta
Party	KANU

President before election

Jomo Kenyatta

Elected President

Jomo Kenyatta

Parliamentary election

← 1969 1979 →

Party		Leader	Vote %	Seats	+/–
	KANU	Jomo Kenyatta	100	158	0

This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Speaker of the National Assembly before	Speaker of the National Assembly after
Humphrey Slade KANU	Humphrey Slade KANU

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General elections were held in Kenya on 14 October 1974. 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. 740 KANU candidates stood for the 158 National Assembly seats, with 88 incumbents (including four ministers) defeated. Voter turnout was 56.5%. Although the post of President of Kenya was due to be elected at the same time as the National Assembly, Jomo Kenyatta was the sole candidate and was automatically elected without a vote being held. Following the election, a further 12 members were appointed by Kenyatta.

Results


Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Kenya African National Union	2,627,308	100.00	158	0
Appointed members				12	0
Total		2,627,308	100.00	170	0

Registered voters/turnout		4,654,465	–
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

Kenya: One party elections (1969-1988) EISA
Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p486 ISBN 0-19-829645-2
Kenya Inter-Parliamentary Union

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