Wajir North Constituency

Wajir North Constituency is an electoral constituency in Kenya. It is one of six constituencies in Wajir County. The constituency has seven wards, all electing councillors to the Wajir County Council. The constituency was established for the 1997 elections.

In the 2007 elections two candidates (Ali Ibrahim of KANU and Mohammed Gabow of ODM) received the same number of votes and no winner could be declared. Consequently, a repeat election was held in 2008 between the two candidates.[1]

Members of Parliament

Elections MP [2] Party Notes
1997 Abdillahi Ibrahim Ali KANU
2002 Abdillahi Ibrahim Ali KANU
2008 Mohammed Gabow ODM By-election
2013 Ibrahim A. Saney ODM

Wards

Wards
Ward Registered Voters
Ajawa 1,783
Batalu 657
Buna 1,629
Bute 2,535
Godoma 1,314
Gurar 924
Korondile 1,819
Total 10,661
*September 2005.[3]

References

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