Karatina Town Ward: polling stations
Karatina Town (IEBC ward code 0482) is a county assembly ward in Mathira Constituency, Nyeri County. In the IEBC's 2022 register it had 50 polling stations at 25 registration centres, with 26,820 registered voters.
Karatina Town elects one Member of County Assembly at the general election on . Its voters also elect the MP for Mathira, Nyeri County's governor, senator and woman representative, and vote for President.
- IEBC ward code
- 0482
- Registration centres
- 25
- Polling stations
- 50
- Registered voters
- 26,820
2022 figures. Average of 536 registered voters per polling station. The largest registration centre was DEB KARATINA PRIMARYSCHOOL, with 2,091 voters across 3 polling stations.
How Karatina Town compares
- By registered voters, Karatina Town was the largest of the 6 wards in Mathira, with 25.7% of the constituency’s voters.
- Across Nyeri County it ranked 2nd of 30 wards and held 5.6% of the county’s registered voters.
- Its polling stations averaged 536 registered voters each — more than the Mathira average of 520 and more than the Nyeri County average of 501.
- The largest polling station was KARATINA TOWN NURSERY SCHOOL with 700 registered voters; the smallest was MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT OFFICE with 337.
- 18 of its 25 registration centres had more than one polling station (stream).
Registration centres and polling stations in Karatina Town
A registration centre often has several polling stations (streams). Names are as listed in the IEBC register, which shortens long names.
| Registration centre | Polling stations | Registered voters |
|---|---|---|
| RAGATI PRIMARY SCHOOL | 3 | 1,432 |
| ITIATI PRIMARY SCHOOL | 2 | 704 |
| GENERAL CHINA SECONDARY | 2 | 863 |
| ICHUGA PRIMARY SCHOOL | 2 | 1,035 |
| UNJIRU PRIMARY SCHOOL | 2 | 1,114 |
| GATHUMBI NURSERY SCHOOL | 1 | 532 |
| MATHAITHI PRIMARYSCHOOL | 2 | 1,340 |
| GITHIMA NURSERY SCHOOL | 2 | 792 |
| RURAL ACCES ROAD CAMP | 1 | 547 |
| VETINARY LABORATORY 1 | 2 | 822 |
| KARATINA GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL | 2 | 817 |
| KARATINA STADIUM | 3 | 1,706 |
| KARATINA TOWN NURSERY SCHOOL | 2 | 1,400 |
| RAILWAY CANTEEN | 2 | 1,128 |
| MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT OFFICE | 1 | 337 |
| A.C.K KARATINA NURSERY SCHOOL | 3 | 1,649 |
| KARATINA BUS PARK | 2 | 1,390 |
| KIRIGU PRIMARYSCHOOL | 3 | 1,566 |
| KARATINA OPEN AIR MRKT | 3 | 1,833 |
| KENYA INDUSTRIAL ESTATES | 1 | 401 |
| MATHIRA DAIRY OFFICE | 3 | 1,928 |
| KIHURO PRIMARY SCHOOL | 1 | 560 |
| GATHU-INI PRIMARYSCHOOL | 1 | 485 |
| DEB KARATINA PRIMARYSCHOOL | 3 | 2,091 |
| KIANGURWE PRIMARY SCHOOL | 1 | 348 |
| Total | 50 | 26,820 |
Finding your polling station
This list is from the register used for the 9 August 2022 General Election. Registration centres and polling stations can change before 2027, and new voters are registered between elections. Always confirm your registration and polling station with the IEBC.
Organising polling agents here? Read the polling agent guide.