Each of the top three candidates was the leading vote-getter in 12 states, a remarkable first in Nigerias modern political era, reflecting the diversity of views that characterized the campaign and the wishes of Nigerias voters. The United States congratulates the people of Nigeria, President-elect Tinubu, and all political leaders following the declaration by Nigerias Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on the results of the February 25 presidential election. Ahead of the 2019 general election, TheCable decided to send a freedom of information request to the electoral umpire for a state-by-state breakdown of the 2007 The top candidates were Umaru Musa Yar'Adua of the People's Democratic Party (PDP), Muhammadu Buhari of the All Nigeria People's Party (ANPP), who lost his second presidential election, and Atiku Abubakar of the Action Congress (AC) who had just finished an eight-year tenure as vice-president. Another major contender in the election, the People's Democratic Party, PDP, is also challenging the results. WebFinal NDI Report on Nigerias 2007 Elections XIV. Atiku said the government must simply scrap a deeply flawed presidential poll. It was helped by voting day problems in opposition strongholds, where election officials often arrived late - in some places three-and-a-half hours after polls should have closed. Submit your stories now via social or: Welcome to the Pulse Community! const schemaOrgItemList = { Susan Beachy contributed research. His main rival Atiku Abubakar has almost 33% of the vote. It does not store any personal data. Nigerias Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Bola Tinubu of the All Progressive Congress (APC) the winner of the 2023 presidential election. } DATE OF BIRTH: November 20, 1957. Bola Tinubu, declared the winner on Wednesday in the presidential election, has boasted of making the careers of major politicians. When the opposition says the process was broken, its hard to argue with them., Mucahid Durmaz, a senior analyst at Verisk Maplecroft, said that failure to oversee a credible and transparent process in the highly anticipated vote risks plunging the country into electoral chaos at a time when public discontentment toward the state institutions is already significantly high., The election marked the first time in Nigerias modern history that a third-party candidate posed a substantial challenge to the two candidates from its main political parties. All 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have been collated at the national level in Abuja. 00:31. Labours Peter Obi has close to 18%, having caused an upset by defeating Mr Tinubu in the biggest city, Lagos. What you need to know about Nigerias historic presidential election. The collation of results of the 2023 presidential election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has been concluded. Presidential elections were last held on But he did serve as vice-president between 1999 and 2007, overseeing a tid: 'EA-4719209', APC 231,591 LP 175,071 NNPP 1,322 PDP 88,468 Nigerians are clearly within their rights to have such concerns and should have high expectations for their electoral processes. Mr Tinubu's main opponents have vowed to challenge his victory, alleging that the inability of Inec officials to upload results from polling units was evidence of their bias. Many regard Mr Tinubu as a master political strategist and given he campaigned for the presidency under the slogan: "Emi lo kan", which means "It's my turn" in Yoruba, it is possible he has been planning his ascendency for a while. Voter apathy is not thought to have been as much of a factor as problems on voting day, given that 87 million people had gone to the trouble of physically going to collect their voter cards. "function"===typeof document.currentScript.getAttribute?document.currentScript:null}var G=function(){return"function"===typeof Array.isArray?function(a){return Array.isArray(a)}:function(a){return"[object Array]"===Object.prototype.toString.call(a)}}(),y=function(){function a(a,b){var c=a.split("/");2>c.length?d(5,a):(c.pop(),b(c.join("/")))}function b(a,b){var c=a.split("/"),n=b.split("/");if(0
1")}else d(g+"->2");return!1}function J(a){var b= Here's how Nigerians reportedly voted for president in 2007. "!==a&&k.push(a)});c=k.join("/"); This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. A police truck drives past demonstrators accusing election officials of disenfranchising voters in downtown Abuja on Tuesday. Copyright 2023, IFES, Chief of State: President Olusegun OBASANJO *, Head of Government: President Olusegun OBASANJO. Many excited first-time voters who had arrived hours before dawn were unable to cast their votes because of the late arrival of election materials. This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. return a[x]}function g(){function a(){if(!0===b)for(;0