Vihiga constituency is an
electoral district
An electoral district, also known as an election district, legislative district, voting district, constituency, riding, ward, division, or (election) precinct is a subdivision of a larger state (a country, administrative region, or other polity ...
for the
National Assembly of Kenya
The National Assembly of the Republic of Kenya is one of the two Houses of the Parliament of Kenya. Between 1966 and 2013, it served as a unicameral house. In 2013 ( 11th Parliament), it became the lower house when the Senate was reestablish ...
, encompassing
Vihiga
Vihiga is a town in Kenya located on the eastern side of the Kakamega Forest.
Geography
The town is along the road between Kisumu and Kakamega, and only five kilometres north of the equator. Vihiga bears the same name as its county, Vihiga Coun ...
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. It is one of five constituencies in
Vihiga County
Vihiga County is an administrative region in the former Western Province of Kenya whose headquarters are in Mbale, the largest town in the county. The county has a population of 554,622 (2009 census) and an area of 563 km2. Formally a dist ...
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The current member of parliament (MP) for the district is
Ernest Ogesi Kivai, who won on an
Amani National Congress
The Amani National Congress (ANC) is a social-liberal political party in Kenya.
History
The party was established by Musalia Mudavadi in 2015 after he left the United Democratic Forum Party, with around 300 UDF members from Nairobi joining the n ...
party ticket with 48.44% of the vote. His nearest challenger, Dorcas Kedogo of the
Orange Democratic Party
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slate, received 20.14% of the vote.
[http://www.eck.or.ke/elections2017/downloads/Parliamentary%20Election%20Results%20%20by%20constituency(2017).pdf]
References
Constituencies in Vihiga County
Constituencies of Western Province (Kenya)
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