Electoral system for the president

Constitution, 1963 (as Amended to 2008)

Article 5(3). Whenever Parliament is dissolved, an election of a President shall be held at the ensuing general election, and at that election— […]

(f) the candidate for President who is elected as a member of the National Assembly and who receives a greater number of valid votes cast in the presidential election than any other candidate for President and who, in addition, receives a minimum of twenty-five per cent of the valid votes cast in at least five of the eight provinces shall be declared to be elected as President.

The presidential election is held under a qualified majority system where the winning candidate must win a simple majority of votes and at least 25% of valid votes cast in at least five of Kenya’s eight provinces.