The 2013 general elections experienced the highest ever voter turnout in Kenya's history at 86%. However, even with the high turnout, out of the 14.3m registered voters, 2.1m did not vote.
At the close of voter registration on December 2012, IEBC announced that a total of 14.3m Kenyans had registered as voters for the 2013 general elections, representing 79.7% of the 18m Kenyans IEBC had targeted.