{{Short description|Kenyan electoral constituency}} {{Infobox constituency | name = Limuru | type = | constituency_link = List of constituencies of Kenya | parl_name = Parliament of Kenya | map1 = | map_size = | image = Kiambu - Limuru Constituency.svg | image2 = Kiambu County in Kenya.svg | image_size = | map_entity = | map_year = | caption = Limuru Constituency within Kiambu County | caption2 = Kiambu County within Kenya | district_label = County | district = Kiambu | region = | population = 159,314<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| 285|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 = John Kiragu Chege | elects_howmany = 1 | party_label = Party | party = UDA | local_council = | next = | blank1_name = Wards | blank1_info = 5 | previous = }} '''Limuru Constituency''' is an electoral constituency in Kenya. It is one of twelve constituencies in Kiambu County. The constituency was established for the 1963 elections and since then, the constituency's population has grown to 159,314 people (79,632 males and 79,682 females) according to the 2019 census.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Kenya National Bureau of Statistics |first=KNBS |title=2019 KENYA POPULATION AND HOUSING CENSUS |publisher=Kenya National Bureau of Statistics |year=2019 |isbn=978-9966-102-09-6 |location=Nairobi, Kenya |pages=12 |language=en}}</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=2008-10-28 }}</ref> !Party !Notes |- | 1963 || James Samuel Gichuru || KANU || |- | 1969 || James Samuel Gichuru || KANU || One-party system |- | 1974 || James Samuel Gichuru || KANU || One-party system |- | 1979 || James Samuel Gichuru || KANU || One-party system |- | 1983 || Jonathan Njenga || KANU || One-party system. |- | 1988 || Samuel Ngige Mwaura || KANU || One-party system. |- | 1992 || George Nyanja || Ford-Asili || |- | 1997 || George Nyanja || NDP || |- | 2002 || Simon Kanyingi Kuria || KANU || |- | 2007 || Arch. Peter Mungai Mwathi || Ford-People || |- | 2013 || Eng. John Kiragu Chege || TNA || |- | 2017 || Arch. Peter Mungai Mwathi || Jubilee || |- | 2022 || Eng. John Kiragu Chege || | UDA || |}
== Locations and wards == {| class="wikitable" |- |colspan="2"| '''Locations''' |- |colspan="2"| |- !Location !Population* |- |Karambani || 27,369 |- |Limuru || 42,084 |- |Tigoni || 11,578 |- |Ndeiya || 26,892 |- |Ngecha || 12,318 |- |Rironi || 8,589 |- | '''Total''' || '''138830''' |- |colspan="2"|1999 census.<ref>information.go.ke: [http://www.information.go.ke/cdf_docs/2003-2006-Kiambaa.pdf CDF allocation by sector and location (2003-6)]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> |}
{| class="wikitable" |- |colspan="2"| '''Wards''' |- |colspan="2"| |- !Ward !Registered Voters !Local Authority |- |Bibirioni || 6,575 || Kiambu County |- |Kamirithu || 13,100 || Kiambu County |- |Limuru Central || 4,096 || Kiambu County |- |Limuru East || 4,945 || Kiambu County |- |Tigoni || 6,082 || Kiambu county |- |Ndeiya || 10,266 || Kiambu county |- |Ngecha || 10,283 || Kiambu county |- | '''Total''' || '''55,347''' |- |colspan="2"| {{smaller|*September 2005.<ref>Electoral Commission of Kenya: [http://www.agendaafrica.com/files/Voters.pdf Registered voters per polling station by electoral area/ward and constituency] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929025048/http://www.agendaafrica.com/files/Voters.pdf |date=2007-09-29 }}</ref>}} |}
== References == {{Reflist}}
{{Kenyan constituencies|Central}} {{coord missing|Kenya}}
Category:Constituencies in Kiambu County Category:Constituencies in Central Province (Kenya) Category:1963 establishments in Kenya Category:Constituencies established in 1963