A series of by-elections were held in

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on 11 and 12 June 1966, becoming known as the "little general election". They followed the defection of 29 members of the

Kenya African National Union The Kenya African National Union (KANU) is a Kenyan political party that ruled for nearly 40 years after Kenya's independence from British colonial rule in 1963 until its electoral loss in 2002. It was known as Kenya African Union (KAU) from 19 ...

(KANU) to establish the

Kenya People's Union The Kenya People's Union (KPU) was a socialist political party in Kenya led by Oginga Odinga. The party was banned in 1969. History Formation In March 1966 a left-wing faction of the governing Kenya African National Union (KANU) instigated a ...

. As a result, the KANU government passed a constitutional amendment to force the MPs to seek re-election.Kenya: 1963 House of Representatives election results
EISA Although the KPU received the most votes in the by-elections, KANU won more seats.

Results

House of Representatives

Senate

References

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By-elections in Kenya Election and referendum articles with incomplete results