Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), has finalised the compilation and certification of the Voter’s Register for 2017 general election. The verification took place between 9th May and 9th June.
The certified Register of Voters for the 2017 General Election has a total of 19,611,423 voters. This number includes 4,393 Diaspora in 5 countries and 5,528 registered in 118 Prisons across the country. Comparatively, the register of voters has increased by 36% (5,222,642 voters) since 2013.
In terms of gender representation, the Commission notes that 53% of those registered are male compared to 47% female. This is a reduction of up to 2% of women representation in the register of voters. On age representation, 51% (9,930,315) of the registered voters
represents persons aged 18 – 35 years.
There are 40,883 polling stations that are capped to serve not more than 700 voters each.
The verification exercise removed 88,602 deceased persons from the register.