The Democratic Party (DP) is a

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Kenya ) , national_anthem = "Ee Mungu Nguvu Yetu"() , image_map = , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Nairobi , coordinates = , largest_city = Nairobi , ...

. The party was founded in 1991 by John Keen and

Mwai Kibaki Emilio Stanley Mwai Kibaki (15 November 1931 – 21 April 2022) was a Kenyan politician who served as the third President of Kenya from December 2002 until April 2013 and is regarded as one of Kenya's founding fathers. He had previously ser ...

after section 2A of the constitution was repealed. At the legislative

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, 27 December 2002, the party was a partner in the

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, which won 56.1% of the popular vote and 125 out of 210 elected seats. The party itself took 36 of these seats. At the presidential elections of the same day, the party supported Kibaki, who won 62.2% and was elected. At the

2007 Kenyan general election General elections were held in Kenya on 27 December 2007. Voters elected the President, and members of the National Assembly. They coincided with the 2007 Kenyan local elections. Incumbent Mwai Kibaki, running on a Party of National Unity (PN ...

, the Democratic Party formed part of the Party of National Unity led by Kibaki. One of the DP's members,

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, was named a cabinet minister in the half cabinet which Kibaki named prior to the formation of the Grand Coalition government. In the 2022 Kenyan general election, the party aligned itself with the

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alliance of

William Ruto William Kipchirchir Samoei Arap Ruto (born 21 December 1966) is a Kenyan politician who is serving as the fifth and current president of Kenya since 13 September 2022. Prior to becoming president, he served as the 11th deputy president of Ken ...

, who would go on to become Kenya's next president.

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DP 2007 ManifestoDP 2007 Parliamentary Candidates
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