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William Samoei Ruto election result.

William Samoei Ruto received 7,176,141 votes (50.49% of valid votes) in Kenya's official 2022 presidential declaration.

7,176,141official votes

50.49%published valid-vote share

39/47counties at or above 25%

YesIEBC declared winner

What this page establishes

A historical official result record.

The IEBC post-election evaluation report explicitly identifies this candidate as the declared winner.

What it does not infer

No party or current tenure.

The result declaration does not publish party affiliations, and a 2022 result does not establish who holds office today.

County support

William Samoei Ruto across all 47 counties.

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CountyVotesValid-vote shareThreshold

ELGEYO/MARAKWET160,03396.86%At least 25%KERICHO318,86195.32%At least 25%BOMET285,42895.27%At least 25%NANDI280,81391.30%At least 25%THARAKA-NITHI145,08189.79%At least 25%EMBU187,98185.04%At least 25%KIRINYAGA220,98484.70%At least 25%NYERI272,50783.37%At least 25%MURANG'A343,34981.68%At least 25%BARINGO175,17080.69%At least 25%MERU398,94678.77%At least 25%NYANDARUA189,51978.76%At least 25%UASIN GISHU272,86877.99%At least 25%KIAMBU606,42973.49%At least 25%LAIKIPIA119,14270.46%At least 25%NAKURU455,86466.44%At least 25%WEST POKOT109,94463.29%At least 25%BUNGOMA255,90663.16%At least 25%ISIOLO32,30254.77%At least 25%MARSABIT58,78251.16%At least 25%KAJIADO148,44948.10%At least 25%NAROK148,31048.09%At least 25%TRANS NZOIA116,77646.61%At least 25%LAMU22,87645.69%At least 25%TANA RIVER41,50544.39%At least 25%NAIROBI CITY561,77541.94%At least 25%MOMBASA113,70041.00%At least 25%SAMBURU28,32940.27%At least 25%NYAMIRA78,35637.55%At least 25%WAJIR49,06236.78%At least 25%VIHIGA67,63336.69%At least 25%KISII135,32633.59%At least 25%TURKANA46,69632.53%At least 25%KWALE51,91829.00%At least 25%KAKAMEGA141,16628.02%At least 25%KITUI89,41927.17%At least 25%KILIFI77,33127.09%At least 25%TAITA TAVETA29,14826.14%At least 25%GARISSA28,11125.56%At least 25%MACHAKOS101,45624.73%Below 25%MANDERA28,35120.91%Below 25%MAKUENI59,19520.35%Below 25%BUSIA48,80117.63%Below 25%MIGORI52,52515.10%Below 25%KISUMU10,0112.32%Below 25%SIAYA4,3201.15%Below 25%HOMA BAY3,4970.87%Below 25%Diaspora2,19036.57%Not part of county threshold

Sources: IEBC signed Form 34C declaration · IEBC post-election evaluation report.

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