Raila Odinga in the Kenyan general election
Raila Odinga was the main opposition candidate in the 2007 presidential election, running against incumbent Mwai Kibaki. In the presidential election 5 years later he placed second against Uhuru Kenyatta, garnering 5,340,546 votes, which represented 43.28% of the total votes cast. He made another run for the presidency in August 2017 against Uhuru Kenyatta and lost after the chairman of the electoral body declared Uhuru Kenyatta as the winner with 54% of the votes cast to Raila's 43%. This outcome was eventually annulled by the Supreme Court following findings that the election  was marred by "illegalities and irregularities". A subsequent fresh election ordered by the court was won by Kenyatta after Raila declined to participate, citing inadequate reforms to enable a fair process in the repeat poll. Son of the first vice president of Kenya, Jaramogi Oginga Odinga, he draws a large chunk of his support from various regions in Kenya, most notably the coastal region and his native former Nyanza Province. Raila is commonly known as "Baba", coincidentally, he was an MP at the same time as his father between 1992 and 1994. Other nicknames that have been associated with the  premier are such as "Nyundo" which is hammer in Kiswahili, "Tinga" which means tractor in Kiswahili a symbol of his National Development Party, NDP, "Agwambo" meaning a man who is unpredictable and 'Baba' which means the political father. Raila Odinga first ran for president in the 1997 elections, coming third after President Daniel arap Moi of KANU and Mwai Kibaki of the Democratic Party. He contested for president again in the December 2007 elections on an Orange Democratic Movement ticket. In readiness for that poll, on 1 September 2007, Raila Odinga was picked as ODM's presidential nominee to face  off with PNU's Kibaki in the general election. He managed to garner significant support. According to the electoral body at the time, he swept the majority of the votes in Rift Valley (Kenya's most populous area), Western, his native Nyanza, and Coast. Kibaki on the other hand won majority votes in Nairobi (the capital), North Eastern province, Central province and Eastern province, taking 4 provinces against Raila's 4. Raila's ODM party got 99 out of the 210 seats in the parliament, making it the single largest party in parliament. Raila Odinga in the Kenyan general election