Westlands Constituency


Westlands Constituency is an electoral constituency in Kenya. It is one of the seventeen constituencies in Nairobi County. The constituency is situated within Westlands Sub-county, formerly Westlands District. The entire constituency is located within Nairobi City County. The constituency has an area of 72.4 km². It was known as Nairobi Northeast Constituency at the 1963 elections, then as Parklands Constituency and since 1988 elections it has been known as Westlands Constituency.
In 2013, the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission hived off a portion of Westlands Constituency to form Dagoretti North Constituency.
Westlands constituency contains some of the high suburb areas such as Runda, LakeView, Muthaiga, Kitisuru and Highridge, as well as slum areas like Kangemi, Githogoro, DeepSea, Mji Wa Huruma, Kaptagat, Kibagare, Ndumboini, Maasai and Suswa.

Members of Parliament

ElectionsMPPartyNotes
1963Fitz Remedios Santana de SouzaKANU
1969Samuel KivuituKANUOne-party system
1974Isaac WaweruKANUOne-party system
1979Krishan Chander GautamaKANUOne-party system
1983Samuel KivuituKANUOne-party system.
1988Njoroge MungaiKANUOne-party system.
1992Amin WaljiKANUWalji died during his tenure
1994Fred GumoKANUBy-elections
1997Fred GumoKANU
2002Fred GumoNARC
2007Fred GumoODMElection Results: Gumo 35,821; Tett 24,594; Mueke 5,501; Pattni 4,586
2013Timothy Wanyonyi WetangulaODMElection Results: Wetangula 42,558; Kihara Otiende 26,571

Locations and wards