Raila Amolo Odinga, a prominent Kenyan political figure, made five unsuccessful bids for the presidency throughout his extensive career. Despite being celebrated as a pro-democracy campaigner, his final attempt in August 2022 saw him lose to then Deputy President William Samoei Ruto in a fiercely contested election.

• Raila Odinga lost the 2022 presidential election with 6,942,930 votes against William Ruto's 7,176,141 votes.
• His presidential bids in 1997, 2007, 2013, 2017, and 2022 all ended in defeat, often accompanied by allegations of electoral fraud.
• The 2007 election, where he lost to Mwai Kibaki, led to deadly post-election violence that claimed over 1,100 lives and displaced approximately 350,000 people.