Wajir West Constituency is an electoral constituency in Kenya. It is one of six constituencies in the northeastern Wajir County. The constituency has 12 wards, all electing ward representatives to the Wajir County Assembly. It was established for the 1966 elections. The constituency is predominantly inhabited by Somalis.
The first nominated mp for Wajir West was the first senator Hon Noor Adan Hajji (Noor Ngamia)== Members of Parliament ==
| Elections | MP [1] | Party | Notes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1966 | Abdinur Ali | KANU | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1969 | Ibrahim Ali Hussein | KANU | One-party system | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1974 | Abdillahi Abdi Omar | KANU | One-party system | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1979 | Ahmed Mohamed Khalif | KANU | One-party system | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1983 | Ahmed Mohamed Khalif | KANU | One-party system. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1988 | Abdi Ibrahim Mohamed | KANU | One-party system. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1992 | Ahmed Mohamed Khalif | KANU | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1997 | Adan Keynan Wehliye | Safina | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2002 | Ahmed Mohamed Khalif | NARC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007 | Adan Keynan Wehliye | KANU | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | Abdikadir Ore Ahmed | ODM | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Ahmed Mohamed Kholosh | ODM | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019-to date 2022- | Ahmed Mohamed Kholosh Yussuf Muhumed Farah | Jubille ODM | Wards
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