{ "id": "ke-political-parties", "name": "Kenya — Political Parties", "title": "Kenya — Political Parties", "description": "Political parties of Kenya from the Party Facts core parties list (hdigital/partyfactsdata). Each record includes the Party Facts ID, short and long names (localized + English + other transliterations), first and last years of activity, peak vote share with year, and Wikipedia link where available. 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"description", "label": "Description", "type": "string" }, { "key": "comment", "label": "Comment", "type": "string" }, { "key": "technical", "label": "Technical", "type": "string" } ], "rows": [ { "partyfacts_id": 5834, "name_short": "NARC", "name": "National Rainbow Coalition", "name_english": "National Rainbow Coalition", "name_other": "", "year_first": 2002, "year_last": "", "share": 61, "share_year": 2002, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Rainbow_Coalition", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 6512, "name_short": "KPU", "name": "Kenya People's Union", "name_english": "Kenya People's Union", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1966, "year_last": 1969, "share": 54.3, "share_year": 1966, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenya_People%27s_Union", "description": "", "comment": "ParIS", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 2316, "name_short": "KANU", "name": "Kenya African National Union", "name_english": "Kenya African National Union", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1960, "year_last": "", "share": 52.4, "share_year": 1963, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenya_African_National_Union", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 6912, "name_short": "JP", "name": "Jubilee Party", "name_english": "Jubilee Party", "name_other": "", "year_first": 2016, "year_last": "", "share": 49.1, "share_year": 2017, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jubilee_Party", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 4858, "name_short": "LDP", "name": "Liberal Democratic Party", "name_english": "Liberal Democratic Party", "name_other": "", "year_first": 2002, "year_last": 2005, "share": 28.1, "share_year": 2002, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberal_Democratic_Party_%28Kenya%29", "description": "59 of 210 seats in 2002", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 4083, "name_short": "KADU", "name": "Kenya African Democratic Union", "name_english": "Kenya African Democratic Union", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1960, "year_last": 1964, "share": 25, "share_year": 1963, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenya_African_Democratic_Union", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 3867, "name_short": "TNA", "name": "The National Alliance", "name_english": "The National Alliance", "name_other": "", "year_first": 2000, "year_last": 2016, "share": 24.8, "share_year": 2013, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_National_Alliance", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 2360, "name_short": "ODM", "name": "Orange Democratic Movement", "name_english": "Orange Democratic Movement", "name_other": "", "year_first": 2005, "year_last": "", "share": 21.4, "share_year": 2013, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_Democratic_Movement", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 3862, "name_short": "FORD-A", "name": "Forum for the Restoration of Democracy-Asili", "name_english": "Forum for the Restoration of Democracy-Asili", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1991, "year_last": 2013, "share": 20.6, "share_year": 1992, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forum_for_the_Restoration_of_Democracy_%E2%80%93_Asili", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 2359, "name_short": "PNU", "name": "Party of National Unity", "name_english": "Party of National Unity", "name_other": "", "year_first": 2007, "year_last": 2014, "share": 20.1, "share_year": 2007, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Party_of_National_Unity_%28Kenya%29", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 3860, "name_short": "DP", "name": "Democratic Party", "name_english": "Democratic Party", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1991, "year_last": 2013, "share": 18.7, "share_year": 1992, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_(Kenya)", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 3863, "name_short": "FORD-K", "name": "Forum for the Restoration of Democracy-Kenya", "name_english": "Forum for the Restoration of Democracy-Kenya", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1991, "year_last": 2013, "share": 17.1, "share_year": 1992, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forum_for_the_Restoration_of_Democracy_%E2%80%93_Kenya", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 3856, "name_short": "URP", "name": "United Republican Party", "name_english": "United Republican Party", "name_other": "", "year_first": 2013, "year_last": 2013, "share": 12.4, "share_year": 2013, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Republican_Party_(Kenya)", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 5892, "name_short": "NDP", "name": "National Development Party", "name_english": "National Development Party Kenya", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1991, "year_last": 2002, "share": 10, "share_year": 1997, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Development_Party_(Kenya)", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 3852, "name_short": "APP", "name": "African People's Party", "name_english": "African People's Party", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1963, "year_last": 1963, "share": 8.6, "share_year": 1963, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenyan_legislative_election,_1963", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 3854, "name_short": "SDP", "name": "Social Democratic Party", "name_english": "Social Democratic Party", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1992, "year_last": 2013, "share": 8.3, "share_year": 1997, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenyan_general_election,_1997", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 7971, "name_short": "FORD-P", "name": "Forum for the Restoration of Democracy – People", "name_english": "Forum for the Restoration of Democracy – People", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1997, "year_last": 2016, "share": 6.7, "share_year": 2002, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forum_for_the_Restoration_of_Democracy_–_People", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 2362, "name_short": "WDM-K", "name": "Wiper Democratic Movement – Kenya", "name_english": "Wiper Democratic Movement – Kenya", "name_other": "", "year_first": 2006, "year_last": "", "share": 5.6, "share_year": 2013, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiper_Democratic_Movement_%E2%80%93_Kenya", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 4082, "name_short": "BPU", "name": "Baluhya Political Union", "name_english": "Baluhya Political Union", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1961, "year_last": 1963, "share": 5.2, "share_year": 1961, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenyan_legislative_election,_1961", "description": "", "comment": "", 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"partyfacts_id": 3864, "name_short": "UDFP", "name": "United Democratic Forum Party", "name_english": "United Democratic Forum Party", "name_other": "", "year_first": 2013, "year_last": 2013, "share": 3.7, "share_year": 2013, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Democratic_Forum_Party", "description": "", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 7932, "name_short": "NPK", "name": "National Party of Kenya", "name_english": "National Party of Kenya", "name_other": "", "year_first": 1992, "year_last": 2002, "share": 2.9, "share_year": 2002, "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Party_of_Kenya", "description": "6 of 210 seats in 2002 Kenyan general election", "comment": "", "technical": "" }, { "partyfacts_id": 3866, "name_short": "APK", "name": "Alliance Party of Kenya", "name_english": "Alliance Party of Kenya", "name_other": "", "year_first": 2013, "year_last": 2013, "share": 2.4, "share_year": 2013, "wikipedia": 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