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Elections in Nigeria gives information on election and election results in Nigeria.
Nigeria elects on federal level a head of state (the President of Nigeria) and a legislature (the National Assembly). The president is elected by the people. The National Assembly has two chambers. The House of Representatives has 360 members, elected for a four year term in single-seat constituencies. The Senate has 109 members, elected for a four year term: the 36 states are divided in 3 senatorial districts each electing one senator; the Federal Capital Territory elects only one senator.
Nigeria has a multi-party system, with two or three strong parties and a third party that is electorally successful.
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Latest elections
The latest elections occurred on April 21, 2007. The results are known.
2007 elections
| Candidates – Parties | Parties | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Umaru Yar'Adua | Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) | 24,638,063 | 69.82 |
| Muhammadu Buhari | All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) | 6,605,299 | 18.72 |
| Atiku Abubakar | Action Congress (AC) | 2,637,848 | 7.47 |
| Orji Uzor Kalu | Progressive Peoples Alliance | 608,803 | 1.73 |
| Attahiru Bafarawa | Democratic Peoples Party (DPP) | 289,324 | 0.82 |
| Chukwuemeka Odimegwu Ojukwu | All Progressives Grand Alliance | 155,947 | 0.44 |
| Pere Ajuwa | Alliance for Democracy (AD) | 89,241 | 0.25 |
| Chris Okotie | Fresh Democratic Party | 74,049 | 0.21 |
| Patrick Utomi | African Democratic Congress (ADC) | 50,849 | 0.14 |
| Ambrose Owuru | Hope Democratic Party | 28,519 | 0.08 |
| Emmanuel Okereke | African Liberation Party (ALP) | 22,677 | 0.06 |
| Lawrence Adedoyin | African Political System (APS) | 22,409 | 0.06 |
| Habu Fari | National Democratic Party | 21,934 | 0.06 |
| Maxi Okwu | Citizens Popular Party (CPP) | 14,027 | 0.04 |
| Bartholomew Nnaji | Better Nigeria Party | 11,705 | 0.03 |
| Emmanuel Obayuwana | National Conscience Party | 8,229 | 0.02 |
| Olapade Agoro | National Action Council | 5,752 | 0.02 |
| Mojisola Obasanjo | Nigerian Masses Movement | 4,309 | 0.01 |
| Parties | House of Representatives | Senate | ||||
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| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |
| People's Democratic Party | 260 | 85 | ||||
| All Nigeria Peoples Party | 62 | 16 | ||||
| Action Congress | 32 | 6 | ||||
| Progressive Peoples Alliance | 3 | 1 | ||||
| Labour Party | 1 | |||||
| Accord | 1 | |||||
| Total | 360 | 109 | ||||
| Source: IPU Parline | ||||||
The April 2007 elections were marred by widespread fraud and violence, largely perpetrated by the country's ruling party. In few of Nigeria's states was the balloting peaceful. In much of the country opposition candidates in the parliamentary elections were intimidated, their supporters barred from voting, and ballot boxes in areas known to favor them stolen by agents of the ruling party.
Past elections
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