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General elections were held in Niger on 21 February 2016, [1] with a presidential run-off held on 20 March. [2] A total of 15 candidates ran for the presidency, with incumbent President Mahamadou Issoufou running for re-election for a second term. [3]
A presidential election was held in Nigeria on 16 April 2011, postponed from 9 April 2011. [ 21 ] [ 22 ] [ 23 ] The election followed controversy as to whether a Muslim or Christian should be allowed to become president given the tradition of rotating the top office between the religions and following the death of Umaru Yar'Adua , who was a ...
The only popular candidates for president in the 2016 election have one thing in common: They're not winning.
All eyes are on a handful of battlegrounds where polls have closed but the presidential contest is either too close or too close to call. 2016 Election: Vote results, polls and more in battle for ...
A runoff election will be held if no candidate secures one-quarter of the votes from two-thirds of Nigeria’s 36 states and the capital city along with receiving the highest number of votes.
Opposition candidate Muhammadu Buhari won the presidential election by more than 2.5 million votes. [8] Incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan conceded defeat on 31 March, before the results from all 36 states had been announced. [9] This was the first time an incumbent president had lost re-election in Nigeria.
As Election Day draws near, Clinton and Trump are increasingly focused on several battleground states which will determine who becomes the next president. Presidential polls 2016: Here's who's ...
Independent candidates included the businessmen Patrice Talon and Sebastien Adjavon. The Autonomous National Electoral Commission (CENA) announced on 13 January 2016 that 48 people had filed the necessary paperwork to stand as presidential candidates, although their candidacies still needed to be approved by the Constitutional Court. [12]