{{Short description|Kenyan electoral constituency}} {{Infobox constituency | name = Gatanga | type = | constituency_link = List of constituencies of Kenya | parl_name = Parliament of Kenya | map1 = | map_size = | image = Murang'a - Gatanga Constituency.svg | image2 = Murang’a County in Kenya.svg | image_size = | map_entity = | map_year = | caption = Gatanga Constituency within Murang'a County | caption2 = Murang'a County within Kenya | district_label = County | district = Murang'a | region = | population = 187989<ref>{{Cite web |title=Constituency Population by Sex, Number of Households, Area and Density - Kenya National Bureau of Statistics |url=https://www.knbs.or.ke/constituency-population-by-sex-number-of-households-area-and-density/ |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251210052612/https://www.knbs.or.ke/constituency-population-by-sex-number-of-households-area-and-density/ |archive-date=2025-12-10 |access-date=2026-04-10 |website=www.knbs.or.ke |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |title=2019 Kenya Population and Housing Census |date=December 2019 |publisher=Kenya National Bureau of Statistics |year=2019 |volume=2 |location=Nairobi}}</ref> | electorate = | towns = | future = | area = {{convert| 531|km2|sqmi|1|abbr=on}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Constituency Population by Sex, Number of Households, Area and Density - Kenya National Bureau of Statistics |url=https://www.knbs.or.ke/constituency-population-by-sex-number-of-households-area-and-density/ |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251210052612/https://www.knbs.or.ke/constituency-population-by-sex-number-of-households-area-and-density/ |archive-date=2025-12-10 |access-date=2026-04-10 |website=www.knbs.or.ke |language=en-US}}</ref> | year = | abolished = | members_label = Member of Parliament | members = Edward Muriu | elects_howmany = 1 | party_label = Party | party = UDA | local_council = | next = | blank1_name = Wards | blank1_info = 6 | previous = }}

'''Gatanga Constituency''' is an electoral constituency in Kenya and is one of the seven constituencies in Muranga County. The constituency has six wards(Kariara, Gatanga, Kihumbu-ini, Mugumo-ini,Ithanga,Kakuzi/Mitubiri).The constituency was established for the 1988 elections when the Kandara Constituency was split into two. Gatanga Constituency consists of Gatanga and Kakuzi administrative divisions, the latter was added in 2002.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.gatanga.com/ |title=Gatanga Constituency website |access-date=2022-02-25 |archive-date=2018-12-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181228090515/http://www.gatanga.com/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== Members of Parliament ==

{| class="wikitable" !Elections !MP <ref>Center for Multiparty Democracy: [http://www.cmd.or.ke/images/Politics%20and%20Paliamenterians%20in%20Kenya.pdf Politics and Parliamentarians in Kenya 1944–2007] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081028212845/http://www.cmd.or.ke/images/Politics%20and%20Paliamenterians%20in%20Kenya.pdf |date=October 28, 2008 }}</ref> !Party !Notes |- | 1988 || Joseph Mwaura Gachui|| KANU || One-party system |- | 1992 || Josephat Mburu Wanyoike|| Ford-Asili || |- | 1997 || David Wakairu Murathe|| SDP || |- | 2002 || Peter Kenneth || NARC || |- | 2007 || Peter Kenneth || PNU | |- | 2013|| Humphrey Kimani Njuguna || NARC | |- |2017 |Joseph Ngugi Nduati |Jubilee Party | |- |2022 |Wakili Edward Muriu |United Democratic Alliance (UDA) | |}

== Wards == {| class="wikitable" ! Ward ! Registered Voters |- |Gatanga |16,842 |- |Ithanga |11,310 |- |Kakuzi/Mitubiri |15,291 |- |Kariara |26,459 |- |Mugumo-ini |14,252 |- |Kihumbu-ini |17,142 |- |'''Total''' |101,296 |- | colspan="2" |August 2022{{citation needed|date=October 2024}} |}

== References == {{Reflist}}

== External links == *[http://www.gatanga.com Gatanga Constituency] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181228090515/http://www.gatanga.com/ |date=2018-12-28 }} {{coord missing|Kenya}}

{{Kenyan constituencies|Central}}

Category:Constituencies in Murang'a County Category:Constituencies in Central Province (Kenya) Category:1988 establishments in Kenya Category:Constituencies established in 1988