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Kenya’s Election Rounding Error

Official figures didn’t add up - but due to rounding, not fraud.

When the official figures were announced in Kenya’s presidential election, it looked like the total percentage share of the vote for each candidate came to more than 100%. As this should not be possible, many wondered if up to 142,000 votes might be miscounted. We explore what turns out to be a simple mathematical misunderstanding of the numbers.

Reporters: Beverly Ochieng, Peter Mwai and Charlotte McDonald.
Producer: Charlotte McDonald

(Kenyan woman casts her ballot at a polling station during Kenya's general election August 9 2022. Credit: Luis Tato/Getty Images)

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Mon 29 Aug 2022 09:50GMT

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