Kenyan general election, 2002 - Wikipedia Kenyan general election, 2002 Kenyan presidential election, 2002 ← 1997 27 December 2002 ( 2002 - 12 - 27 ) 2007 → Turnout 57.2 % Nominee Mwai Kibaki Uhuru Kenyatta Party NARC KANU Popular vote 3,647,277 1,835,890 Percentage 61.3 % 30.2 % President before election Daniel arap Moi KANU Elected President Mwai Kibaki NARC Kenya This article is part of a series on the politics and government of Kenya National Government Constitution History Human rights Executive President ( list ) Uhuru Kenyatta Deputy President William Ruto Cabinet Attorney General Githu Muigai Director of Public Prosecutions Keriako Tobiko Legislature National Assembly Speaker : Justin Muturi List of members Constituencies Senate Speaker : Kenneth Lusaka List of members Judiciary Chief Justice Willy Munyoki Mutunga Deputy Chief Justice Kalpana Rawal Supreme Court Court of Appeal High Court Subordinate courts Magistrates Courts Kadhi Courts Courts Martial Tribunals Judicial Service Commission Administrative divisions Counties Sub-Counties Constituencies Commissions Offices Electoral and Boundaries Ethics and Anti-Corruption National Human Rights and Equality ( National Commission on Human Rights Administrative Justice ) National Land Commission Revenue Allocation Salaries and Remuneration Service Commissions Judicial National Police Parliamentary Public Teachers Offices Auditor - General Controller of Budget Recent elections General : 2002 2007 2013 Local : 2002 2007 2013 Political parties The National Alliance United Republican Party Orange Democratic Movement Wiper Democratic Movement Party of National Unity Kenya African National Union Kenya National Congress Foreign relations Economic schemes Vision 2030 Kenya Economic Stimulus Program Other countries Atlas General elections were held in Kenya on 27 December 2002. They saw the end of the long - standing dominance of the Kenya African National Union, which had governed the country since independence in 1963, including 23 years as the only legal party. Mwai Kibaki of the National Rainbow Coalition was elected president, while the National Rainbow Coalition won a majority in the National Assembly. They were the first truly free general elections held in Kenya since independence in 1964 ; a number of by - election were held in 1966 before the onset of de facto one - party rule in 1969. Contents 1 Results 1.1 President 1.2 National Assembly 2 See also 3 References Results President Candidate Party Votes % Mwai Kibaki National Rainbow Coalition 3,646,277 61.3 Uhuru Kenyatta Kenya African National Union 1,835,890 30.2 Simeon Nyachae FORD -- People 345,152 5.9 James Orengo Social Democratic Party 24,524 0.4 David Ng'ethe Chama Cha Uma 10,061 0.1 Invalid / blank votes 114,006 -- Total 5,861,904 100 Registered voters / turnout 10,451,150 57.2 Source : IFES National Assembly Party Votes % Seats + / -- Appointees National Rainbow Coalition Liberal Democratic Party 2,634,173 56.1 59 New 7 Democratic Party 39 0 FORD -- Kenya 21 + 4 National Party of Kenya 6 New Kenya African National Union 1,361,828 29.0 64 -- 43 FORD -- People 702,258 14.9 14 + 11 FORD -- Asili + 1 0 Safina -- 3 0 Sisi Kwa Sisi New 0 Shirikisho Party of Kenya 0 0 Other parties 0 -- 0 Invalid / blank votes -- -- -- -- Total 4,698,259 100 210 0 12 Registered voters / turnout 10,498,122 -- -- -- Source : Psephos, African Elections Database See also 9th Parliament of Kenya References Jump up ^ Kenya : 2002 National Assembly election results EISA Elections and referendums in Kenya Presidential elections 1992 1997 2002 2007 2013 2017 ( Aug ) 2017 ( Oct ) Parliamentary elections 1920 1924 1927 1931 1934 1938 1944 1948 1952 1956 1957 1961 1963 1966 1969 1979 1992 1997 2002 2007 2013 2017 Local elections 1992 1997 2002 2007 2013 Referendums 2005 This Kenya related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. This African election - related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kenyan_general_election,_2002&oldid=800552401 '' Categories : 2002 elections in Africa Elections in Kenya 2002 in Kenya National Assembly ( Kenya ) Presidential elections in Kenya Kenya stubs African election stubs Hidden categories : Pages using deprecated image syntax Election and referendum articles with incomplete results All stub articles Talk Contents About Wikipedia Deutsch Español Français Italiano ქართული Kiswahili Edit links This page was last edited on 14 September 2017, at 07 : 16. About Wikipedia

Question: who won the presidential election in kenya in 2002
Answer: Mwai Kibaki of the National Rainbow Coalition