# Limuru Constituency > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Limuru_Constituency > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Limuru_Constituency.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limuru_Constituency > Source revision: 1349529017 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Kenyan electoral constituency}} {{Infobox constituency | name = Limuru | type = | constituency_link = List of constituencies of Kenya | parl_name = [Parliament of Kenya](/source/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](/source/Kenya) | district_label = County | district = [Kiambu](/source/Kiambu_County) | region = | population = 159,314{{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}}{{Cite book |title=2019 Kenya Population and Housing Census |date=December 2019 |publisher=[Kenya National Bureau of Statistics](/source/Kenya_National_Bureau_of_Statistics) |year=2019 |volume=2 |location=Nairobi}} | electorate = | towns = | future = | area = {{convert| 285|km2|sqmi|1|abbr=on}}{{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}} | year = | abolished = | members_label = [Member of Parliament](/source/National_Assembly_(Kenya)) | members = [John Kiragu Chege](/source/John_Kiragu_Chege) | elects_howmany = 1 | party_label = [Party](/source/List_of_political_parties_in_Kenya) | party = [UDA](/source/United_Democratic_Alliance_(Kenya)) | local_council = | next = | blank1_name = Wards | blank1_info = 5 | previous = }} '''Limuru Constituency''' is an [electoral constituency](/source/Constituencies_of_Kenya) in [Kenya](/source/Kenya). It is one of twelve constituencies in [Kiambu County](/source/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.{{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}} == Members of Parliament == {| class="wikitable" |- !Elections !MP 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 }} !Party !Notes |- | [1963](/source/1963_Kenyan_general_election) || [James Samuel Gichuru](/source/James_Gichuru) || [KANU](/source/Kenya_African_National_Union) || |- | [1969](/source/1969_Kenyan_general_election) || [James Samuel Gichuru](/source/James_Gichuru) || [KANU](/source/Kenya_African_National_Union) || One-party system |- | [1974](/source/1974_Kenyan_general_election) || [James Samuel Gichuru](/source/James_Gichuru) || [KANU](/source/Kenya_African_National_Union) || One-party system |- | [1979](/source/1979_Kenyan_general_election) || [James Samuel Gichuru](/source/James_Gichuru) || [KANU](/source/Kenya_African_National_Union) || One-party system |- | [1983](/source/1983_Kenyan_general_election) || [Jonathan Njenga](/source/Jonathan_Njenga) || [KANU](/source/Kenya_African_National_Union) || One-party system. |- | [1988](/source/1988_Kenyan_general_election) || [Samuel Ngige Mwaura](/source/Samuel_Ngige_Mwaura) || [KANU](/source/Kenya_African_National_Union) || One-party system. |- | [1992](/source/1992_Kenyan_general_election) || [George Nyanja](/source/George_Nyanja) || [Ford-Asili](/source/Forum_for_the_Restoration_of_Democracy%E2%80%93Asili) || |- | [1997](/source/1997_Kenyan_general_election) || [George Nyanja](/source/George_Nyanja) || [NDP](/source/National_Development_Party_(Kenya)) || |- | [2002](/source/2002_Kenyan_general_election) || [Simon Kanyingi Kuria](/source/Simon_Kanyingi_Kuria) || [KANU](/source/Kenya_African_National_Union) || |- | [2007](/source/2007_Kenyan_general_election) || [Arch. Peter Mungai Mwathi](/source/Arch._Peter_Mungai_Mwathi) || [Ford-People](/source/Forum_for_the_Restoration_of_Democracy%E2%80%93People) || |- | [2013](/source/2013_Kenyan_general_election) || [Eng. John Kiragu Chege](/source/Eng._John_Kiragu_Chege) || [TNA](/source/The_National_Alliance) || |- | [2017](/source/2017_Kenyan_general_election) || [Arch. Peter Mungai Mwathi](/source/Arch._Peter_Mungai_Mwathi) || [Jubilee](/source/Jubilee_Party_of_Kenya) || |- | [2022](/source/2022_Kenyan_general_election) || [Eng. John Kiragu Chege](/source/Eng._John_Kiragu_Chege) || | [UDA](/source/United_Democratic_Alliance_(Kenya)) || |} == Locations and wards == {| class="wikitable" |- |colspan="2"| '''[Locations](/source/Locations_of_Kenya)''' |- |colspan="2"| |- !Location !Population* |- |[Karambani](/source/Karambani) || 27,369 |- |[Limuru](/source/Limuru) || 42,084 |- |[Tigoni](/source/Tigoni) || 11,578 |- |[Ndeiya](/source/Ndeiya) || 26,892 |- |[Ngecha](/source/Ngecha) || 12,318 |- |[Rironi](/source/Rironi) || 8,589 |- | '''Total''' || '''138830''' |- |colspan="2"|1999 census.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 }} |} {| class="wikitable" |- |colspan="2"| '''Wards''' |- |colspan="2"| |- !Ward !Registered Voters ![Local Authority](/source/Local_authorities_of_Kenya) |- |Bibirioni || 6,575 || Kiambu County |- |[Kamirithu](/source/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.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 }}}} |} == 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 --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Limuru Constituency](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limuru_Constituency) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limuru_Constituency?action=history)). 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