Peter Nabulindo of ANC wins Matungu MP seat

By , K24 Digital
On Fri, 5 Mar, 2021 08:37 | < 1 min read
ANC's Peter Nabulindo waits patiently for by-election results. PHOTO | COURTESY

Peter Oscar Nabulindo of Amani National Congress has emerged as the winner in the Matungu parliamentary by-election.

With votes tallied from the 116 polling stations in the constituency, Peter Nabulindo emerged the clear winner with 14, 257 votes.

His closest challenger, David Were of Orange Democratic Movement, emerged second with 10,565.

United Democratic Alliance's candidate, Alex Lanya, received 5,513 in the hotly-contested by-election that was viewed as a supremacy battle between ANC leader Musalia Mudavadi and ODM boss Raila Odinga.

The constituency has 62,386 voters, indicating the by-election had nearly 50 percent voter turnout.