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

[Dorcas Muthoni]

Here is the breakdown:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/pmll5j6iy923nfu/SUMMARY%20OF%202013%20PRESIDENTIAL%20RESULTS%20DECLARED%20ON%209_3_2013.pdf

On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 7:28 AM, <eonchari at lynxbits.com> wrote:

> ** 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
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* ict.researcher at yahoo.com
> *To:* eonchari at lynxbits.com*
> Cc:* kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke
> *Sent:* 3/8/13 6:52 PM
> *Subject:* [kictanet] Kenyans!! Did you just have an over 86% voter
> turnout???
>
>  You're an incredible people!
> - - - -
> 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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