[kictanet] Kenyans!! Did you just have an over 86% voter turnout???

[eonchari at lynxbits.com]

Maybe we can have the breakdown of the voter turnout and other stats per county/constituency put up on open data. It will be very interesting to see how the spread is.

Edwin

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 Subject: [kictanet] Kenyans!! Did you just have an over 86% voter turnout???

   You're an incredible people!
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A total of 14,337,399 Kenyans registered as voters for the 2013 general elections (ref: http://www.mwakilishi.com/content/articles/2012/12/20/iebc-releases-final-voter-registration-tally.html)
According to IEBC's final results just released at Bomas of Kenya 12,338,667 turned out and cast their ballots
Which means a voter turnout > 86.05 %

Which means even better the US during Obama's first term election (BUT NOT AS GOOD as the Maltese...) 
"Different countries have very different voter turnouts. For example, in the United States 2008 presidential election turnout was 63% and 68% among African Americans (generally credited to Barack Obama's candidacy). In Belgium, which has compulsory voting, and Malta, which does not, participation reaches 95%. These differences are caused by a mix of cultural and institutional factors." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voter_turnout

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