ODM Wins Bonchari By-Elections

Mr Oimeke garnered  8,049 votes. This was 30 percent of the votes cast. Bonchari Returning Officer Benson Ambuko declared Mr Oimeke the winner after a night-long vote tallying exercise. 

Mr. Oimeke was followed closely by Zebedeo Opore of the Jubilee party who garnered 7,279 votes, which was 27 percent of the votes cast. 

UDA candidate Teresa Bitutu came third with 6,964 votes. This was 26 percent of the votes cast. Ms. Bitutu is the widow of former Bonchari MP Oroo Oyioka. 

The other 10 candidates got five percent of the votes and below. There was voter apathy with 26,526 out of 52,955 electorates casting their votes. This translated to 50.09 percent voter turnout. 

The rejected votes were 446 in all the 103 polling stations.