Dagoretti Constituency was an

electoral constituency An electoral (congressional, legislative, etc.) district, sometimes called a constituency, riding, or ward, is a geographical portion of a political unit, such as a country, state or province, city, or administrative region, created to provid ...

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. It is one of eight constituencies of

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. It was located to the west of

. It consisted of the western suburbs of

. Dagoretti constituency had common boundaries with

Dagoretti Dagoretti is an area in the western part of Nairobi, the capital of Kenya. It straddles the Nairobi and Kiambu County boundary with the Dagoretti Road Reserve marking the psychological border point heading Northerly and North-Easterly. Administrati ...

Division of Nairobi. The entire constituency was located within Nairobi City Council area. The constituency had an area of 39 km². The constituency boundaries were altered prior to the 1997 elections to include Kenyatta/Golf Course ward from

Lang'ata Lang'ata is a predominantly upper middle-class residential suburb of Nairobi in Kenya. The suburb consists of many smaller housing developments, referred to as estates. They include Nairobi Dam, Otiende, Southlands, Ngei, Jambo estate, Onyonk ...

, and moved Kangemi to Westlands. The constituency was partly formed from what was Nairobi West Constituency from 1963 to 1969. Before the

general election A general election is an electoral process to choose most or all members of a governing body at the same time. They are distinct from By-election, by-elections, which fill individual seats that have become vacant between general elections. Gener ...

of 2013, Dagoretti Constituency was divided, with the bulk of the western and southern parts forming Dagoretti South Constituency; the south-east stretch combined with part of

Lang'ata Constituency Lang'ata Constituency is an electoral constituency in Nairobi City County. It is one of the seventeen constituencies in the county, consisting of southern and southwestern areas of Nairobi. Langata constituency had common boundaries with a now- ...

to form

Kibra Constituency Kibra Constituency is an Constituencies of Kenya, electoral constituency in Nairobi, one of 17 constituencies in the county, and has an area of 12.1 km2. It is located to the southwest of the City of Nairobi, and includes most of the Kiber ...

; the rest was combined with part of

Westlands Constituency Westlands is an electoral constituency in Kenya Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya, is a country located in East Africa. With an estimated population of more than 52.4 million as of mid-2024, Kenya is the 27th-most-populous cou ...

to form

Dagoretti North Constituency Dagoretti North Constituency is one of 17 electoral constituency of Nairobi County created by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission before the 2013 general election. The constituency has an area of . Most of the area that forms ...

Members of Parliament

Locations and wards

References

External links

Map of the constituencyUchaguzikenya.com - Constituency profile
{{coord missing, Kenya Constituencies in Nairobi Former constituencies of Kenya Constituencies established in 1969 Constituencies disestablished in 2013