The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has announced that all pending by-elections will be conducted on November 27, 2025.
In a gazette notice dated Friday, August 8, the electoral commission, led by Chairperson Erastus Ethekon, noted that the by-elections are intended to fill all vacant electoral positions.
“All by-elections will be held on November 27, 2025. The gazettement of the by-elections has been scheduled in two batches,” read part of the IEBC notice.
The first batch includes vacant Member of County Assembly (MCA) seats in the following wards: Angata Nanyokie (Samburu), Chemundu (Nandi), Chewani (Tana River), Fafi (Garissa), and Kariobangi North Ward (Nairobi City).
Others listed in the first batch are Kisa East Ward (Kakamega County), Metkei (Elgeyo Marakwet), Mumbuni North (Machakos), Purko Ward (Kajiado County), and Tembelio (Uasin Gishu).
The second batch includes vacant Senatorial positions in Baringo and Member of Parliament seats in Banissa, Kasipul, Magarini, Malava, Mbeere North and Ugunja Constituencies.
While making the announcement, IEBC urged political parties that intend to participate in the by-elections to submit the names and specimen signatures of the authorised people on or before Wednesday, September 17, 2025.
According to the electoral commission, a public officer who intends to contest in the by-elections must resign from public office within seven days of the notice.
The IEBC also stated that candidates intending to participate in the by-elections as independent candidates must not have been members of any political party for at least three months immediately before the date of the by-elections.
“A political party intending to present candidates in the by-elections shall, after its party primaries, resolve all intra-party disputes and submit the list of persons nominated to contest in the by-elections to the Commission on or before Thursday, October 2, 2025,” the IEBC announced.
In the notice, the electoral commission set Wednesday, October 8 and 9, as the days for the nomination or registration of political parties and independent candidates for the by-elections.
"The Commission shall publish in the Gazette the names and symbols of persons intending to contest in the by-elections as independent candidates at least fourteen at least 14 days before the nomination day," the Commission stated.
