Early results however showed Mr Odinga struggling to attain 20 per cent in Murang’a, Kiambu, Meru, Kirinyaga and other populous counties in the Mt Kenya region.
In a vote marked by a historic low turnout, the determining factor was how much each candidate would eat into the other’s support base.
In a departure from past practice, the chairman of the IEBC, Mr Wafula Chebukati, did not give updates on the presidential vote count at the National Tallying Centre at the Bomas of Kenya.
