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EPISODE · Aug 27, 2022 · 8 MIN

Kenya’s Election Rounding Error

from More or Less · host BBC Radio 4

When the official figures were announced in Kenya’s presidential election, it looked like the total percentage share of the vote for each candidate came to more than 100%. As this should not be possible, many wondered if up to 142,000 votes might be miscounted. We explore what turns out to be a simple mathematical misunderstanding of the numbers.

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