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Nigerian Democratic Transition Since 1999: General Election Results NIGERIAN DEMOCRATIC TRANSITION SINCE 1999: GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS BY GODSON AZU 1999 Presidential Election Result Candidate Party Votes % Olusegun Obasanjo People's Democratic Party 18,738,154 62.78 Olu Falae Alliance for Democracy-All People's Party 11,110,287 37.22 Invalid/blank votes 431,611 - Total 30,280,052 100 2003 Presidential Election Result 2003 Candidate Party Votes % Olusegun Obasanjo People's Democratic Party 24,456,140 61.94 Muhammadu Buhari All Nigeria People's Party 12,710,022 32.19 Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu All Progressives Grand Alliance 1,297,445 3.29 Jim Nwobodo United Nigeria People's Party 169,609 0.43 Gani Fawehinmi National Conscience Party 161,333 0.41 Sarah Jubril Progressive Action Congress 157,560 0.40 Ike Nwachukwu National Democratic Party 132,997 0.34 Chris Okotie Justice Party 119,547 0.30 Balarabe Musa People's Redemption Party 100,765 0.26 Arthur Nwankwo People's Mandate Party 57,720 0.15 Emmanuel Okereke All People's Liberation Party 26,921 0.07 Kalu Idika Kalu New Nigeria People's Party 23,830 0.06 Muhammadu Dikko Yusuf Movement for Democracy and Justice 21,403 0.05 Yahaya Ndu African Renaissance Party 11,565 0.03 Abayomi Ferreira Democratic Alternative 6,727 0.02 Tunji Braithwaite Nigeria Advance Party 6,932 0.02 Iheanyichukwu Godswill Nnaji Better Nigeria Progressive Party 5,987 0.02 Olapade Agoro National Action Council 5,756 0.01 Pere Ajuwa Liberal Democratic Party of Nigeria 4,473 0.01 Mojisola Adekunle Obasanjo Masses Movement of Nigeria 3,757 0.01 Invalid/blank votes 2,538,246 - Total 42,018,735 100 2007 Presidential Election Result 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 Number of votes per candidate Official figures on voter turnout were not released but the turnout was estimated at 57.5 percent of 61.5 million registered voters. The first results to be released, from Rivers State, showed a large majority for Yar'Adua. On April 23, Yar'Adua was declared the winner by INEC, which said that he had received 70% of the vote (24,638,063 votes). Buhari was said to be in second place with 18% of the vote (6,605,299 votes), while Abubakar was placed third with about 7% (2,637,848 votes). Both Buhari and Abubakar rejected the results. The opposition candidates believe the election was rigged in Yar'Adua's favor. Outgoing president Olusegun Obasanjo stated in a televised address that the election "could not be described as perfect". Results, announced by Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman Prof. Maurice Iwu, were: Umaru Yar'Adua, the declared winner of the presidential election Following the gubernatorial and state assembly elections on 14 April, 18 parties, including those of Abubakar and Buhari, demanded on 17 April that the presidential election be postponed, that INEC be disbanded, and that the earlier elections be annulled; otherwise, they said that they would consider boycotting the presidential election. On 19 April, however, both Buhari's ANPP and Abubakar's Action Congress said that they would not boycott the election. The 60 million presidential election ballot papers were kept in South Africa to prevent tampering. However, last-minute changes to add Abubakar to the list caused problems in distribution of ballots as papers did not arrive from South Africa until Friday evening. The reprinted papers were not serially numbered as was intended. The ruling PDP won 26 of the 32 states, according to INEC, including Kaduna State and Katsina State, where the results were contested by the local population; the election will have to be rerun in Imo State and Enugu State due to complications. By the last count, Obasanjo's PDP party had won 29 of 33 states so far declared, with Human Rights Watch describing the vote-rigging as "shameless". 2011 Presidential Election Results Candidates Parties Votes % Goodluck Jonathan People's Democratic Party (PDP) 22,495,187 58.89 Muhammadu Buhari Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) 12,214,853 31.98 Nuhu Ribadu Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) 2,079,151 5.41 Ibrahim Shekarau All Nigeria People's Party (ANPP) 917,012 2.40 Mahmud Waziri People for Democratic Change (PDC) 82,243 0.21 Nwadike Chikezie Peoples Mandate Party (PMP) 56,248 0.15 Lawson Igboanugo Aroh Peoples Progressive Party (PPP) 54,203 0.14 Peter Nwangwu African Democratic Congress (ADC) 51,682 0.14 Iheanyichukwu Nnaji Better Nigeria Progressive Party (BNPP) 47,272 0.12 Chris Okotie Fresh Democratic Party (FRESH) 34,331 0.09 Dele Momodu National Conscience Party (NCP) 26,376 0.07 Akpona Solomon National Majority Democratic Party (NMDP) 25,938 0.07 Lawrence Makinde African Political System (APS) 23,740 0.06 Adedoyin United National Party for Development Ebiti Ndok 21,203 0.06 (UNPD) John Dara National Transformation Party (NTP) 19,744 0.05 Rasheed Shitta-Bey Mega Progressive Peoples Party (MPPP) 16,492 0.04 Yahaya Ndu African Renaissance Party (ARP) 12,264 0.03 Ambrose Awuru Hope Democratic Party (HDP) 12,023 0.03 Patrick Utomi Social Democratic Mega Party (SDMP) 11,544 0.03 Chris Nwaokobia Liberal Democratic Party of Nigeria (LDPN) 8,472 0.02 Invalid votes 1,259,506 3.19 Valid votes (turnout 53.7%) 39,469,484 96.81 Source: INEC The Record of Total Registered Voters 2011 S/N STATE Duplicates Final Reg’Fig Provision 2006 Reg’n 2003 Reg’n 1999 Reg’n 2006 Census Registration ure al Regn (Released F (Final) (March ‘11) eb. 2007) Recorded Figure (Feb 2011) A B D E F G STATE SUMMARIES SOUTH-WEST 1 Ekiti 2,868 764,726 750,753 771,228 981,753 1,077,195 2,398,957 2 Lagos 13,932 6,108,069 6,247,845 4,204,000 4,558,216 4,091,070 9,113,605 3 Ogun 2,868 1,941,170 1,869,326 1,466,308 1,576,875 1,559,709 3,751,140 4 Ondo 14,761 1,616,091 1,558,975 1,356,779 1,504,181 1,333,617 3,460,877 5 Osun 14,762 1,293,967 1,293,967 1,297,297 1,367,627 1,496,058 3,416,959 6 Oyo 14,720 2,572,140 2,577,490 1,793,475 2,209,953 2,362,772 5,580,894 TOTAL SW 63,911 14,296,163 14,298,356 10,889,087 12,198,605 11,920,421 27,722,432 SOUTH-EAST 7 Abia 17,522 1,524,484 1,481,191 1,365,641 1,285,428 1,321,875 2,845,380 8 Anambra 33,747 2,011,746 1,758,220 1,844,819 1,859,795 2,221,384 4,177,828 9 Ebonyi 3,917 1,050,534 876,249 929,375 1,002,771 902,327 2,176,947 10 Enugu 9,401 1,303,155 1,301,185 1,201,697 1,479,542 1,466,145 3,267,837 11 Imo 11,082 1,687,293 1,611,715 1,372,975 1,630,494 1,746,673 3,927,563 TOTAL SE 75,669 7,577,212 7,028,560 6,714,507 7,258,030 7,658,404 16,395,555 SOUTH-SOUTH 12 Akwa Ibom 8,738 1,616,873 1,714,781 1,408,197 1,624,495 1,450,367 3,902,051 13 Bayelsa 14,513 591,870 472,389 955,279 765,472 873,000 1,704,515 14 C/River 39,085 1,148,486 1,018,550 1,139,735 1,289,192 1,142,876 2,892,988 15 Delta 17,166 2,032,191 1,900,055 1,626,930 1,607,337 1,794,361 4,112,445 16 Edo 6,277 1,655,776 1,412,225 1,345,410 1,432,891 1,380,418 3,233,366 17 Rivers 42,309 2,429,231 2,419,057 2,585,317 2,272,238 2,202,655 5,198,716 TOTAL SS 128,088 9,474,427 8,937,057 9,060,868 8,991,625 8,843,677 21,044,081 NORTH-WEST 18 Jigawa 23,148 2,013,974 1,852,698 1,722,352 1,636,657 1,567,423 4,361,002 19 Kaduna 95,563 3,905,387 3,565,762 3,374,245 2,620,999 2,536,702 6,113,503 20 Kano 10,784 5,027,297 5,135,415 4,072,597 4,000,430 3,680,990 9,401,288 21 Katsina 132,062 3,126,898 2,931,668 2,589,047 2,567,245 2,151,112 5,801,584 22 Kebbi 4,960 1,638,308 1,603,468 1,345,047 1,343,549 1,172,054 3,256,541 23 Sokoto 8,471 2,267,509 2,065,508 1,409,337 1,476,691 1,274,060 3,702,676 24 Zamfara 4,062 1,824,316 1,746,024 1,330,573 1,515,622 1,112,627 3,278,873 TOTAL NW 279,050 19,803,689 18,900,543 15,843,198 15,161,193 13,494,968 35,915,467 NORTH-EAST 25 Adamawa 9,773 1,816,094 1,714,860 1,315,950 1,280,204 1,260,956 3,178,950 26 Bauchi 7,451 2,523,614 1,835,562 2,211,463 2,130,557 1,941,913 4,653,066 27 Borno 21,164 2,380,957 2,730,368 2,191,902 2,156,019 1,822,987 4,171,104 28 Gombe 18,730 1,318,377 1,266,993 1,410,234 1,263,287 1,108,171 2,365,040 29 Taraba 41,069 1,336,221 1,308,106 1,173,514 1,026,950 983,227 2,294,800 30 Yobe 3,474 1,373,796 1,182,230 996,380 966,749 874,957 2,321,339 TOTAL NE 101,661 10,749,059 10,038,119 9,299,443 8,823,766 7,992,211 18,984,299 NORTH- CENTRAL 31 Benue 42,042 2,390,884 1,415,162 2,150,515 1,755,528 1,806,121 4,253,641 32 Kogi 7,003 1,316,849 1,215,405 1,479,834 1,158,343 1,265,230 3,314,043 33 Kwara 2,631 1,152,361 1,115,665 1,216,478 995,882 940,400 2,365,353 34 Nasarawa 19,439 1,389,308 1,224,206 1,001,423 852,626 749,466 1,869,377 35 Niger 142,040 2,175,421 721,478 1,551,903 1,607,730 1,572,979 3,954,772 36 Plateau 8,125 2,259,194 1,983,453 1,602,530 1,391,594 1,311,649 3,206,531 TOTAL
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