The Noes totalled 69.9 per cent, while those in favour of an extension were only 28.7 per cent. Don't knows accounted for the remaining 1.4 per cent.

There was an overwhelming vote against extending Parliament in Eastern province, by 83.5 per cent of those asked - the highest percentage recorded to any answer in the entire poll. After them came Nairobi with 71.3 per cent against, then North Eastern (70.8), Central (70.1), Rift Valley (69.5), Coast 65.9), Nyanza (64.7) and Western (57.8).

Those most in favour of extending Parliament were in Western (42.2 per cent) followed by Nyanza (34.6), Coast 33.3), Rift Valley (29.3), Nairobi (28.8), Central (25.2), North Eastern (24.6) and Eastern 15.5).

Looked at by gender, a majority of both men and women were against the extension. Of the men, 72.8 per cent were against, with 26.1 per cent for (and 1.1 per cent uncertain) while among women, 66.7 per cent were against, 31.5 per cent for, and 1.8 per cent uncertain.

By age groups those against were aged 31-40 - 75 per cent; 51 plus - 69.9 per cent; 21-30 - 69.3 per cent; 41-50 - 67.4 per cent; 18-20 - 62.9 per cent. Those for an extension were, aged 18-20 - 35.7 per cent; 41-50 - 30.2 per cent; 21-30 - 29.7 per cent; 51 plus - 25.8 per cent; 31-40 - 24.4 per cent.

According to the education level of those who took part in the poll, most of those against - 75.3 per cent - had been to university. The next largest group, 72 per cent, had been to secondary school, followed by 64.5 per cent with primary education only, and 63.2 per cent who had no formal education.

Of those for an extension, the largest group had been to primary school (34 per cent) followed by those with no formal schooling (30.1), people who had been to secondary school (27.5), and university graduates (23.4)