President Scheduled
12–17 Aug 2027
Final result window, set by the law or the authority. Treat as final after Nairobi time.
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iebc.or.ke
Kenya general election 2027
Polling day . 3 races. Counted by Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission. Times are Nairobi time; hover for UTC.
National Assembly, Senate Scheduled
11 Aug – 14 Sept 2027
Final result window, derived from the last election. Treat as final after Nairobi time.
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iebc.or.ke
President
10 Aug24 Aug7 Sept
Election-night count
Election-night count: Tue 10 Aug, 17:00 → Fri 13 Aug, 23:59, estimate.
Final result
Final result: Thu 12 Aug, 00:00 → Tue 17 Aug, 23:59, announced.
Court validation
Court validation: Fri 20 Aug, 00:00 → Tue 7 Sept, 23:59, announced.
Stage windows and their sources
- Election-night count→estimatePolling hours: Elections (General) Regulations 2012 reg. 66(1): 'voting shall commence at 6 o'clock in the morning and end at 5 o'clock in the afternoon on the polling day'; reg. 66(2): anyone in the queue before 5 p.m. may still vote; reg. 64(3): a presiding officer may extend hours at a station that opened late or was interrupted. 17:00 EAT (UTC+3, no daylight saving) = 14:00 UTC; individual stations can close later. From the close, presiding officers count at each polling station and transmit the presidential result electronically (Regulations reg. 82: these results 'shall be provisional'); IEBC publishes the polling-station forms on its online public portal (Elections Act s.39(1C)(c)), and livestreamed station results are 'for purposes of public information only' (s.39(1G)). No running national total from IEBC is guaranteed before the declaration. The window's end, the end of 13 Aug EAT (day 3), is an ESTIMATE of when most forms are up; uploads can continue. Scanned forms, not the declared result.
- Final result→announcedConstitution art. 138(10): 'Within seven days after the presidential election, the chairperson of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission shall (a) declare the result of the election'; 10 Aug + 7 days = Tue 17 Aug 2027, so the window closes at the end of 17 Aug EAT (UTC+3). The chairperson tallies and verifies at the national tallying centre and may declare before every constituency has reported if the rest cannot change the outcome (Elections Act s.39(2); Regulations reg. 87(3)). Precedent 2022: polling Tue 9 Aug, declaration Mon 15 Aug 2022, 'six days after the General Elections were held' (Supreme Court judgment, P.E.P. E005 of 2022, para 1; IEBC Gazette Notice No. 9773, dated 15 Aug and gazetted 16 Aug 2022). The opening, the start of 12 Aug EAT, is an ESTIMATED floor. If no candidate meets art. 138(4) (more than half of all votes and at least 25% in more than half of the 47 counties), the declaration instead says no one was elected and a fresh election follows (see kenya-presidential-2027-r2). Settle on the chairperson's declaration, not on media tallies of the portal forms.
- Court validation→announcedConstitution art. 140(1): a petition may be filed in the Supreme Court 'within seven days after the date of the declaration of the results'; art. 140(2): 'Within fourteen days after the filing of a petition ... the Supreme Court shall hear and determine the petition and its decision shall be final'. If no petition is filed, the declaration stands once the seven days lapse: the window opens at the end of that period after the earliest likely declaration (12 Aug, so from the start of 20 Aug EAT). It closes at the constitutional outer limit: a declaration on 17 Aug, a petition on 24 Aug, a decision by the end of Tue 7 Sep 2027 EAT. Precedent 2022: declaration 15 Aug, Supreme Court judgment upholding it delivered 5 Sep 2022 (P.E.P. E005 of 2022, consolidated), 21 days after the declaration, the full statutory span. If the Court finds the election invalid, a fresh election is held within 60 days (art. 140(3)); that would be a separate event, not profiled here. Swearing-in: the first Tuesday after the 14th day from the declaration if no petition, otherwise the first Tuesday after the 7th day from a judgment upholding it (art. 141(2)).
Results sources
| URL | Role | Kind | Can answer a results question | Last check |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| forms.iebc.or.ke | results-live | emb home | no | |
| iebc.or.ke/electionlaws/ | results-final | other | no | |
| iebc.or.ke/uploads/resources/3MMJlcBEs1.pdf | timetable | other | no | |
| constituteproject.org/constitution/Kenya_2010 | timetable | other | no | |
| iebc.or.ke/uploads/resources/902SFZiDqt.pdf | timetable | other | no | |
| iebc.or.ke/uploads/resources/G16qxyy4rA.pdf | timetable | other | no | |
| supremecourt.judiciary.go.ke/wp-content/plugins/download-attachments/includes/download.php | court-validation | other | no | |
| en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2027_Kenyan_general_election | see-also | other | no | |
| iebc.or.ke | authority-home | emb home | no |
National Assembly
9 Aug23 Aug6 Sept
Final result
Final result: Wed 11 Aug, 00:00 → Tue 14 Sept, 23:59, precedent.
Stage windows and their sources
- Final result→precedentPolling hours: Elections (General) Regulations 2012 reg. 66(1): 'voting shall commence at 6 o'clock in the morning and end at 5 o'clock in the afternoon on the polling day'; reg. 66(2): anyone in the queue before 5 p.m. may still vote; reg. 64(3): a presiding officer may extend hours at a station that opened late or was interrupted. 17:00 EAT (UTC+3, no daylight saving) = 14:00 UTC; individual stations can close later. Each constituency returning officer tallies and publicly declares the National Assembly result for the constituency and issues the certificate (Regulations reg. 83(1)(f)-(g)); county returning officers declare the County Woman Member (reg. 87(2)); the Commission then publishes the names of those elected in the Gazette (reg. 87(3)(h)). Precedent 2022 (polling Tue 9 Aug): IEBC Gazette Notice No. 9950 declaring the elected National Assembly members, dated 22 Aug and gazetted 23 Aug 2022 (day 14), with the County Woman Members in No. 9951 the same day; four constituencies whose polls were postponed (Gazette Notice No. 9948) voted on 29 Aug and were declared in No. 10535, dated 5 Sep and gazetted 6 Sep 2022 (day 28); the 12 party-nominated members followed on 7 Sep 2022 (No. 10537). The window opens at the start of 11 Aug EAT, when the first returning-officer declarations can come (an ESTIMATED floor), and closes at the end of Tue 14 Sep 2027 EAT (day 35), a week past the 2022 date for the postponed seats, so the composition is not read as complete early; a polling-day postponement under Regulations reg. 64A can push individual seats later still. There is no national results page and no separate preliminary count from IEBC: polling-station results announced on the night are not a declaration. Petitions go to the High Court within 28 days of the declaration (Constitution art. 87(2); Elections Act s.76(1)(a)) and are decided within six months (art. 105(2)); no court confirms the result, so there is no court-validation stage.
Results sources
| URL | Role | Kind | Can answer a results question | Last check |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| iebc.or.ke/electionlaws/ | results-final | other | no | |
| iebc.or.ke/uploads/resources/3MMJlcBEs1.pdf | timetable | other | no | |
| constituteproject.org/constitution/Kenya_2010 | timetable | other | no | |
| iebc.or.ke/uploads/resources/902SFZiDqt.pdf | timetable | other | no | |
| iebc.or.ke/uploads/resources/G16qxyy4rA.pdf | timetable | other | no | |
| en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2027_Kenyan_general_election | see-also | other | no | |
| iebc.or.ke | authority-home | emb home | no |
Senate
9 Aug23 Aug6 Sept
Final result
Final result: Wed 11 Aug, 00:00 → Tue 14 Sept, 23:59, precedent.
Stage windows and their sources
- Final result→precedentPolling hours: Elections (General) Regulations 2012 reg. 66(1): 'voting shall commence at 6 o'clock in the morning and end at 5 o'clock in the afternoon on the polling day'; reg. 66(2): anyone in the queue before 5 p.m. may still vote; reg. 64(3): a presiding officer may extend hours at a station that opened late or was interrupted. 17:00 EAT (UTC+3, no daylight saving) = 14:00 UTC; individual stations can close later. Each county returning officer tallies and publicly declares the Senate result for the county and issues the certificate (Regulations reg. 87(2)); the Commission then publishes the names of those elected in the Gazette (reg. 87(3)(h)). Precedent 2022 (polling Tue 9 Aug): IEBC Gazette Notice No. 9955 declaring the 47 elected senators, dated 22 Aug and gazetted 24 Aug 2022 (day 15); no Senate poll was postponed that year (Gazette Notice No. 9948 lists governors, MPs and ward members only). The 20 nominated senators are named separately after the elected seats. The window opens at the start of 11 Aug EAT, when the first returning-officer declarations can come (an ESTIMATED floor), and closes at the end of Tue 14 Sep 2027 EAT (day 35), a week past the 2022 date for the postponed seats, so the composition is not read as complete early; a polling-day postponement under Regulations reg. 64A can push individual seats later still. There is no national results page and no separate preliminary count from IEBC: polling-station results announced on the night are not a declaration. Petitions go to the High Court within 28 days of the declaration (Constitution art. 87(2); Elections Act s.76(1)(a)) and are decided within six months (art. 105(2)); no court confirms the result, so there is no court-validation stage.
Results sources
| URL | Role | Kind | Can answer a results question | Last check |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| iebc.or.ke/electionlaws/ | results-final | other | no | |
| iebc.or.ke/uploads/resources/3MMJlcBEs1.pdf | timetable | other | no | |
| constituteproject.org/constitution/Kenya_2010 | timetable | other | no | |
| iebc.or.ke/uploads/resources/902SFZiDqt.pdf | timetable | other | no | |
| iebc.or.ke/uploads/resources/G16qxyy4rA.pdf | timetable | other | no | |
| en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2027_Kenyan_general_election | see-also | other | no | |
| iebc.or.ke | authority-home | emb home | no |
Cite, embed, correct
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Questions and answers
- When is the Kenya general election 2027?
- Polling day is 2027-08-10 (officially set).
- When will the final result of the President race be official?
- Expected between 2027-08-11T21:00:00Z and 2027-08-17T20:59:59Z (UTC), confidence announced. Constitution art. 138(10): 'Within seven days after the presidential election, the chairperson of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission shall (a) declare the result of the election'; 10 Aug + 7 days = Tue 17 Aug 2027, so the window closes at the end of 17 Aug EAT (UTC+3). The chairperson tallies and verifies at the national tallying centre and may declare before every constituency has reported if the rest cannot change the outcome (Elections Act s.39(2); Regulations reg. 87(3)). Precedent 2022: polling Tue 9 Aug, declaration Mon 15 Aug 2022, 'six days after the General Elections were held' (Supreme Court judgment, P.E.P. E005 of 2022, para 1; IEBC Gazette Notice No. 9773, dated 15 Aug and gazetted 16 Aug 2022). The opening, the start of 12 Aug EAT, is an ESTIMATED floor. If no candidate meets art. 138(4) (more than half of all votes and at least 25% in more than half of the 47 counties), the declaration instead says no one was elected and a fresh election follows (see kenya-presidential-2027-r2). Settle on the chairperson's declaration, not on media tallies of the portal forms.
- When will the final result of the National Assembly race be official?
- Expected between 2027-08-10T21:00:00Z and 2027-09-14T20:59:59Z (UTC), confidence precedent. Polling hours: Elections (General) Regulations 2012 reg. 66(1): 'voting shall commence at 6 o'clock in the morning and end at 5 o'clock in the afternoon on the polling day'; reg. 66(2): anyone in the queue before 5 p.m. may still vote; reg. 64(3): a presiding officer may extend hours at a station that opened late or was interrupted. 17:00 EAT (UTC+3, no daylight saving) = 14:00 UTC; individual stations can close later. Each constituency returning officer tallies and publicly declares the National Assembly result for the constituency and issues the certificate (Regulations reg. 83(1)(f)-(g)); county returning officers declare the County Woman Member (reg. 87(2)); the Commission then publishes the names of those elected in the Gazette (reg. 87(3)(h)). Precedent 2022 (polling Tue 9 Aug): IEBC Gazette Notice No. 9950 declaring the elected National Assembly members, dated 22 Aug and gazetted 23 Aug 2022 (day 14), with the County Woman Members in No. 9951 the same day; four constituencies whose polls were postponed (Gazette Notice No. 9948) voted on 29 Aug and were declared in No. 10535, dated 5 Sep and gazetted 6 Sep 2022 (day 28); the 12 party-nominated members followed on 7 Sep 2022 (No. 10537). The window opens at the start of 11 Aug EAT, when the first returning-officer declarations can come (an ESTIMATED floor), and closes at the end of Tue 14 Sep 2027 EAT (day 35), a week past the 2022 date for the postponed seats, so the composition is not read as complete early; a polling-day postponement under Regulations reg. 64A can push individual seats later still. There is no national results page and no separate preliminary count from IEBC: polling-station results announced on the night are not a declaration. Petitions go to the High Court within 28 days of the declaration (Constitution art. 87(2); Elections Act s.76(1)(a)) and are decided within six months (art. 105(2)); no court confirms the result, so there is no court-validation stage.
- When will the final result of the Senate race be official?
- Expected between 2027-08-10T21:00:00Z and 2027-09-14T20:59:59Z (UTC), confidence precedent. Polling hours: Elections (General) Regulations 2012 reg. 66(1): 'voting shall commence at 6 o'clock in the morning and end at 5 o'clock in the afternoon on the polling day'; reg. 66(2): anyone in the queue before 5 p.m. may still vote; reg. 64(3): a presiding officer may extend hours at a station that opened late or was interrupted. 17:00 EAT (UTC+3, no daylight saving) = 14:00 UTC; individual stations can close later. Each county returning officer tallies and publicly declares the Senate result for the county and issues the certificate (Regulations reg. 87(2)); the Commission then publishes the names of those elected in the Gazette (reg. 87(3)(h)). Precedent 2022 (polling Tue 9 Aug): IEBC Gazette Notice No. 9955 declaring the 47 elected senators, dated 22 Aug and gazetted 24 Aug 2022 (day 15); no Senate poll was postponed that year (Gazette Notice No. 9948 lists governors, MPs and ward members only). The 20 nominated senators are named separately after the elected seats. The window opens at the start of 11 Aug EAT, when the first returning-officer declarations can come (an ESTIMATED floor), and closes at the end of Tue 14 Sep 2027 EAT (day 35), a week past the 2022 date for the postponed seats, so the composition is not read as complete early; a polling-day postponement under Regulations reg. 64A can push individual seats later still. There is no national results page and no separate preliminary count from IEBC: polling-station results announced on the night are not a declaration. Petitions go to the High Court within 28 days of the declaration (Constitution art. 87(2); Elections Act s.76(1)(a)) and are decided within six months (art. 105(2)); no court confirms the result, so there is no court-validation stage.
- Where are the official President results?
- No single-election results page is recorded yet. The counting authority is Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (https://www.iebc.or.ke/).
- Where are the official National Assembly results?
- No single-election results page is recorded yet. The counting authority is Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (https://www.iebc.or.ke/).
- Where are the official Senate results?
- No single-election results page is recorded yet. The counting authority is Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (https://www.iebc.or.ke/).