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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is one of the two major contemporary political parties in Nigeria, [4] along with its main rival, the All Progressives Congress (APC). [5] [4] [6] Its policies generally lie towards the center-right of the political spectrum. [3] It won every presidential election between 1999 and 2011.
This is a list of political parties in Nigeria.. The Federal Republic of Nigeria has a multi-party system. The largest by National Assembly seats are the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
The National Democratic Party is a progressive political party in Nigeria which was founded on 23 July 2001. It participated in the 2003 Nigerian presidential election , with former foreign minister Ike Nwachukwu running for the presidency; he won 0.34% of the vote.
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The All Progressives Congress (APC) is one of the two major contemporary political parties in Nigeria, along with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Founded on 6 February 2013 from a merger of Nigeria's three largest opposition parties, [6] [7] [8] the party came to power following the victory of party candidate Muhammadu Buhari [7] in the 2015 presidential election. [9]
The Democratic People's Party is a Nigerian political party founded in 2006 by an aggrieved faction of the All Nigeria Peoples Party. [1] The party, which has a broad political base, supports economic deregulation, human rights; and greater funding for health care and education, among other goals.
The African Democratic Congress outlines the details of the party and its workings. [10] The party constitution contains a preamble, 27 articles, and three schedules. [11] According to the constitution, the goal of the ADC is to be a "grassroots party" composed primarily of working-class and disadvantaged Nigerians. [11]
The chairman of the first Nigerian Federal Electoral Commission (FEC) was Chief Eyo Esua (1964–1966) in the First Republic. When General Olusegun Obasanjo prepared for a return to civilian power in the Second Republic , he established a new Federal Electoral Commission headed by Chief Michael Ani to supervise the 1979 elections.