Presidential election in Nigeria 2015

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The 2015 presidential election in Nigeria took place on March 28th and 29th. The election was initially scheduled for February 14, 2015, but was postponed for six weeks due to the security situation and the threat posed by Boko Haram . The election was won by the opposition candidate, Muhammadu Buhari .

Election mode

Presidential elections in Nigeria take place every four years. The current election was the 5th presidential election since the end of military rule in 1999. After the 2011 election, the electoral roll was revised again to lay the groundwork for freer, fair and credible elections in 2015. The Election Commission (Independent National Electoral Commission) determined a total of 68,833,476 people eligible to vote nationwide on the basis of a total of 73.5 million registered people. Multiple registrations have been eliminated. The electoral roll was created on the basis of biometric data. Mobile voter card readers were used for the first time.

§ 134 (2) of the Nigerian Constitution stipulates that a presidential candidate after reaching the majority of votes is elected, even though he at least a quarter of the vote in at least two thirds of all states of Nigeria and the Federal Capital Territory around the capital Abuja received . If none of the candidates meet these requirements, a second ballot between the two leading candidates will be required within seven days of the announcement of the results.

Election process

The election was overshadowed by terrorist attacks by the Islamist terrorist group Boko Haram in northern Nigeria. The postponement of the elections sparked protests in the opposition, which President Goodluck Jonathan , who comes from the Christian Niger Delta and is a Christian, accused of wanting to improve his election chances. There was also criticism from abroad such as the United States. In an interview with Martin Zagatta of Deutschlandfunk , the Nigeria expert Heinrich Bergstresser said that it would be a political and cultural advance in Nigeria if an incumbent could be elected from office in a democratic way.

Candidates

Incumbent Goodluck Jonathan (2014)
Muhammadu Buhari (2015), the opposition candidate

Acting President Goodluck Jonathan of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) sought a second and final term. His strongest challenger was the Muslim candidate of the All Progressives Congress (ACP), Muhammadu Buhari , who was Nigeria's President from 1983 to 1985.

Presidential candidate Candidate for
Vice President 		Political party acronym
Allagoa Chinedu Arabamhen Mary Peoples Party of Nigeria PPN
Ambrose Albert Owuru Haruna Shaba Hope party HOPE
Adebayo Musa Ayeni Anthony Ologbosere African Peoples Alliance APA
Chekwas okorie Bello Umar United Progressive Party UPP
Comfort Oluremi Sonaiya Seidu Bobboi KOWA party KOWA
Ganiyu Galadima Ojengbede Farida Allied Congress Party of Nigeria ACPN
Godson Okoye Haruna Adamu United Democratic Party UDP
Goodluck Jonathan Namadi Sambo People's Democratic Party PDP
Mani Ahmad Obianuju Murphy-Uzohue African Democratic Congress ADC
Martin Onovo Ibrahim Mohammed National Conscience Party NCP
Muhammadu Buhari Yemi Osinbajo All Progressives Congress APC
Rufus Salawu Akuchie Cliff Alliance for Democracy AD
Sam Eke Hassana Hassan Citizens Popular Party CPP
Tunde Anifowose-Kelani Ishaka Ofemile Accord Alliance AA

Results

Majorities by state: Muhammadu Buhari Goodluck Jonathan


candidate Political party be right %
Muhammadu Buhari All Progressives Congress 14,951,368 53.96
Goodluck Jonathan People's Democratic Party 12,827,423 44.96
Adebayo Ayeni African Peoples Alliance 53,537 0.19
Ganiyu Galadima Allied Congress Party of Nigeria 40,311 0.14
Sam Eke Citizens Popular Party 36,300 0.13
Rufus Salau Alliance for Democracy 30,673 0.11
Mani Ahmad African Democratic Congress 29,666 0.10
Allagoa Chinedu Peoples Party of Nigeria 24,475 0.09
Martin Onovo National Conscience Party 24,455 0.09
Tunde Anifowose-Kelani Accord Alliance 22,125 0.08
Chekwas okorie United Progressive Party 18,220 0.06
Comfort Sonaiya KOWA party 13,076 0.05
Godson Okoye United Democratic Party 9,208 0.03
Ambrose Albert Owuru Hope party 7,435 0.03
Invalid votes / blank ballot papers 844,519 -
total 29,432,083 100.0
voter turnout 42.76
Registered voters 68.833.476 100.0
Source: INEC

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ http://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/wahlen-in-nigeria-103.html ( Memento from March 30, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ The polls will be rescheduled in 300 polling stations on Sunday. Die Zeit, March 28, 2015, accessed on March 29, 2015 .
  4. ↑ Rose Troup Buchanan: Nigeria delays elections over Boko Haram threat. The Independent, February 7, 2015, accessed February 8, 2015 .
  5. ↑ Nigeria election: Muhammadu Buhari wins. BBC News, March 31, 2015, accessed March 31, 2015 .
  6. ↑ Publication of the Register of Voters for the 2015 General Elections. (PDF) (No longer available online.) INEC , January 13, 2015, archived from the original on April 4, 2015 ; accessed on March 29, 2015 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.inecnigeria.org
  7. ^ Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (PDF) World Intellectual Property Organization . Article 134 (2). 1999. Retrieved March 29, 2015.
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  10. ↑ Heinrich Bergstresser, Sibylle Pohly-Bergstresser: Nigeria. (= Current regional customers; Beck'sche Reihe; Vol. 839.) Beck, Munich 1991, ISBN 3-406-33185-8
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  13. ^ Independent National Electoral Commission