Election Countdown: 116 days to go

14 Apr 2022
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〜 by Amrit Labhuram

Election timelines and activities

Activity	Timeline
Resignation of public officers intending to vie for elective posts	9^th February, 2022
Political Parties to submit party membership lists to the IEBC	9th April, 2022.
Political parties intending to present candidates in the election to submit the names of persons contesting in the party primaries, the date and venues of the primaries	9^th April, 2022
A political party intending to present candidates through direct nominations or party primaries to submit the names of the persons nominated to contest in the election to the IEBC.	28^th April, 2022
Candidates intending to participate in this election as independent candidates to submit their names and symbols they intend to use during the election to the IEBC	2^nd May, 2022
IEBC to publish in the Gazette, the names and symbols of persons intending to contest in the election as independent candidates	13^th May, 2022.
Presidential candidates deliver to IEBC a list of at least 2,000 voters registered in each of a majority of the counties	23^rd May, 2022
Days for the nomination of political party candidates and independent candidates for the Presidential Election	29^th May, 2022 to 6^th June, 2022.
Nomination of political party candidates and independent candidates for the National Assembly Elections	29^th May, 2022 to 31^st May, 2022
Nomination of political party candidates and independent candidates for the Senate Elections	29^th May, 2022 to 31^st May, 2022
Official campaign period.	29^thMay, 2022 – 6^th August, 2022
Nomination of political party candidates and independent candidates for the County Woman Member to the National Assembly elections.	1^st June, 2022 to 3^rd June, 2022.
Nomination of political party candidates and independent candidates for the County Assembly Elections	1^st June, 2022 to 7^th June, 2022.
Nomination of political party candidates and independent candidates for the County Governor Elections.	4^th June, 2022 to 7^th June, 2022
Lodging and determination of disputes arising from nominations	9^th June, 2022
Political parties participating in the General Election to submit their Party List to IEBC	25^th June, 2022
Political parties and candidates to appoint and submit to the IEBC the names of the County Tallying Centre Election Agents	25^th July, 2022
For presidential elections, political parties and candidates to be appointed and submit the names of the National and Constituency Chief Election Agents to IEBC.	25^th July, 2022
General Election day	9th August, 2022

Significant political event of the week:

Political parties are conducting their primaries and nominations this week. Following the outcomes of the primaries, aggrieved candidates will head to the political parties tribunal for resolution of party ticket disputes.

Next upcoming significant event:

Political parties to submit names of the persons nominated to contest in the General Election to the IEBC.

Election Countdown: 116 days to go

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