IEBC live presidential results 2022

Each organisation is making calculations based on its own manual entry of data from more than 46,000 polling stations. But it is only the electoral commission ...

It was part of politics even before multiparty elections were re-introduced in the 1990s, but the push for free and fair elections has never faltered. Each media house is doing it a different speed and choosing the polling stations in a different order. Officials are under pressure to get things right this time. "There should be no panic about the differences we are seeing on the media screens. At the pace of the counting is ongoing, the local media is likely to finish tallying provisional results before the end of Friday. Officials are currently comparing the results the commission received in the form of a photograph from the polling stations with the actual results sheet, which is being hand delivered to the tallying centre in the capital, Nairobi.

The Star can now reveal the number of counties that have transmitted forms 34A from their respective polling stations to the constituency tallying centres.

A total of 46,014 out of 46,229 polling stations had successfully transmitted forms 34A by the time of filing this report. However, Wajir county had only submitted 81.31 per cent. - A total of 45,940 out of 46,229 polling stations had successfully transmitted forms 34A by the time of filing this report.

The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) on Tuesday, August 9 2022 released a new portal to help Kenyans check and verify presidential ...

The form is filled out by the Presiding Officer (PO) after the tallying of votes at the polling station level. The form is filled out by the Presiding Officer (PO) after the tallying of votes at the polling station level. IEBC Chairman Wafula Chebukati insists the results as declared at the polling station are final

How fast a media house churns presidential results depends on several factors key among them being technology and the size of data crunching teams.

This election is a great test of the gatekeeping strengths of media houses. This is the time trust plays a key role for a news brand. As a rule of thumb, the media must adhere to the basics of journalism – verification. - Tallying is not uniform - this depends on the approach being used. Apart from watching TV or listening to the radio, audiences are online to consume and look for content to share. This underscores the importance of verification of the forms. This process depends on the infrastructure a media house has set up. Ahead of the August 9 poll, media published several opinion polls that sparked emotive reactions from the political class. In journalism, there is no award for being the first to broadcast presidential results especially for an important exercise like tallying Presidential votes. Some of the forms uploaded are blurred or writing is not clear. For this election, media houses have set up internal tallying centres to track how Kenyans voted for the four presidential candidates. For someone to access a form say from a polling station like New Kihumbuini primary school in Nairobi City county, you have to click five tabs for you to view the form and download it.

Kenyan media tallies of ballots from Tuesday's presidential elections showed differing provisional counts, with the electoral authority yet to announce any ...

“The success of his presidential bid will be determined, in large part, by his campaign’s ability to turn out young and first-time voters,” it said. They urged the IEBC to provide “swift and regular” updates on the election results. Rival outlet Citizen had Ruto ahead with 49.8% and Odinga with 48.8%. Both publications have counted at least 10-million votes — turnout in the election is estimated at about 65% of the 22.1-million registered voters. Kenyan publications are using forms digitally submitted by polling stations to the Independent Electoral & Boundaries Commission to compile their tallies. The electoral commission said the provisional turnout was lower than the 78% in 2017. If no candidate meets that threshold, a fresh election must be held within 30 days.

This comment is rather ironical coming from Chebukati. A day before election day, IEBC suspended elections for four seats after they mixed up ballot papers ...

This election is a great test of the gatekeeping strengths of media houses. This is the time trust plays a key role for a news brand. As a rule of thumb, the media must adhere to the basics of journalism – verification. - Tallying is not uniform - this depends on the approach being used. Apart from watching TV or listening to the radio, audiences are online to consume and look for content to share. This underscores the importance of verification of the forms. This process depends on the infrastructure a media house has set up. Ahead of the August 9 poll, media published several opinion polls that sparked emotive reactions from the political class. In journalism, there is no award for being the first to broadcast presidential results especially for an important exercise like tallying Presidential votes. Some of the forms uploaded are blurred or writing is not clear. For this election, media houses have set up internal tallying centres to track how Kenyans voted for the four presidential candidates. For someone to access a form say from a polling station like New Kihumbuini primary school in Nairobi City county, you have to click five tabs for you to view the form and download it.

Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission chair Wafula Chebukati has issued an update on the status of the tallying process for the presidential ...

However, the media houses opted to do it independently, decisions beyond the Commission's control,” he said. “In the spirit of transparency, the Commission gave media access to polling stations, tallying centres and the results portal to report the progress of election results in real-time. Wafula Chebukati issues the latest update on the tallying of the presidential results