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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.
Nigeria has a multi-party system, with two or three strong parties and a third party that is electorally successful. However, members of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) have controlled the presidency since elections resumed in 1999 until 2015 when Muhammadu Buhari won the presidential election. [14]
The 2023 Nigerian presidential election was held on 25 February 2023 [a] to elect the president and vice president of Nigeria. [1] Bola Tinubu, the former governor of Lagos State and nominee of the All Progressives Congress won the election with 36.61% of the vote, just under 8.8 million votes to defeat over runners-up former vice president Atiku Abubakar (Peoples Democratic Party) and former ...
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s election commission announced the first results late Sunday from the country’s closely watched presidential election, The post Election results only announced ...
The National Party of Nigeria emerged victorious in the presidential election and Shehu Shagari ... at the presidential villa, in Abuja, Nigeria, ... 2015, Muhammadu ...
In December 2014, he emerged as the presidential candidate of [3] the All Progressives Congress party for the 2015 general election. [4] Buhari won the election, defeating incumbent President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan. [5] This was the first time in the history of Nigeria that an incumbent president lost a re-election bid. He was sworn in on 29 ...
February 7 - Nigeria postpones its general election for six weeks to allow its armed forces to control parts of the country currently controlled by Boko Haram. [11] February 15 - A suicide bomber kills seven and wounds 30 in the city of Damaturu. [12] February 16 - Nigeria regains the key town of Monguno from Boko Haram. [13]
Presidential elections in 2011 and 2015 were also delayed over logistics and security concerns but Buhari on Friday urged Nigerians "to go out and vote", promising that there would be adequate ...