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==Membership ==
==Membership ==


As of 2022, 30% of CPK members are [[Proletariat|workers]], 44% are [[Peasantry|peasants]], 10% are students, and 4% are soldiers.<ref>{{Web citation|date=2023-02|title=The Basic National Conditions of Kenya|url=https://communistpartyofkenya.org/ITIKADI/Itikadi-Magazine-Final-2.pdf|newspaper=[[Itikadi]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230331082143/https://communistpartyofkenya.org/ITIKADI/Itikadi-Magazine-Final-2.pdf|archive-date=2023-03-31}}</ref>
As of 2022, 30% of CPK members are [[Proletariat|workers]], 44% are [[Peasantry|peasants]], 10% are students, and 4% are soldiers.<ref name=":0" />
==Electoral history==
==Electoral history==
The party briefly held political office in 1997, winning 15 seats in the National Assembly out of 188. That same year, [[Charity Ngilu]] ran for president of Kenya with the party, receiving 7.9% of the vote. After losing this election, Ngilu left the party, and James Orengo succeeded her as party chairman. Orengo ran as the party's presidential candidate in the 2004 elections, only receiving 0.4% of the vote. The party also lost their 15 National Assembly seats from the 1997 election in 2004.  
The party briefly held political office in 1997, winning 15 seats in the National Assembly out of 188. That same year, [[Charity Ngilu]] ran for president of Kenya with the party, receiving 7.9% of the vote. After losing this election, Ngilu left the party, and James Orengo succeeded her as party chairman. Orengo ran as the party's presidential candidate in the 2004 elections, only receiving 0.4% of the vote. The party also lost their 15 National Assembly seats from the 1997 election in 2004.  
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*[https://twitter.com/CommunistsKe Twitter]
*[https://twitter.com/CommunistsKe Twitter]
*[https://www.communistpartyofkenya.org Website]
*[https://www.communistpartyofkenya.org Website]
== References ==
[[Category:Communist parties]]
[[Category:Communist parties]]
[[Category:Stubs]]
[[Category:Stubs]]


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