Mount Elgon Constituency is an electoral constituency in Bungoma County, Western Kenya. It was formerly the only constituency in the now defunct Mount Elgon District. The constituency was established for the 1963 elections. It has a population of 218,873 people (2019 census). It is currently administered in three administrative units of Mt. Elgon Subcounty headquartered at Kapsokwony town, Cheptais Subcounty headquartered at Cheptais Township, and Kopsiro Subcounty whose headquarter is at Kopsiro Centre.
Members of Parliament Since independence, Mt. Elgon constituency electorates has elected five different Members of the National Assembly (MPs). Daniel Moss was the pioneer MP in 1963, while Fred Chesebe Kapondi is the incumbent. It is worthy also noting that Mt. Elgon is the only constituency created at independence that has never been subdivided to create more electoral area units, an issue that has disenfranchised its electorate. This was witnessed by the recent call for ELEXIT (Elgon Exit from Bungoma County), a memorandum that was received at the SENATE during the highs of BBI.
ElectionsMP Center for Multiparty Democracy: Politics and Parliamentarians in Kenya 1944–2007 PartyNotes 1963 Daniel Naibei Chepnoi Moss KANU 1969 Daniel Naibei Chepnoi Moss KANU One-party system 1974 Daniel Naibei Chepnoi Moss KANU One-party system 1979 Wilberforce arap Kisiero KANU One-party system 1983 Wilberforce arap Kisiero KANU One-party system. 1988 Wilberforce arap Kisiero KANU One-party system. 1992 Wilberforce arap Kisiero KANU 1997 Joseph Naibei Kimkung KANU 2002 John Bomet Serut KANU 2007 Fred Chesebe Kapondi ODM 2013 John Bomet Serut IN 2017 Fred Chesebe Kapondi Jubilee 2022 Fred Chesebe Kapondi UDA Kenya Kwanza Alliance
Wards
The constituency has six wards, all electing Members of County Assembly (MCAs) for the Bungoma County Assembly.
Wards Ward Registered VotersMCAElection YearPartyVotesCheptais 13,342 Martin Cheseto Chemorion 2022 UDA 3,823Chepyuk 11,375 Frankline Simotwo Korir 2022 Ford Kenya 2,856Chesikak 11,075 Jacob Marugaa Psero 2022 IND 3,419Elgon 14,512 George Kwemoi Tendet 2022 IND 3,125Kapkateny 12,141 Joan Chemayiek Kirong 2022 UDA 3,566Kaptama 13,714 Francis Chemion Masai 2022 UDA 4,993 Total 76,159
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