Tinubu to Tribunal: Nullifying Presidential Election on Account of 25% The election was beset by delays, reports of violence in some areas and glitches with a new electronic results transmission system.The three main candidates Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Atiku Abubakar of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party and outsider Peter Obi of the Labour Party all expressed optimism about their performance. [40], In the days before the election, observers noted a contentious atmosphere as the two major parties traded accusations of planned manipulation and fears of violence rose. The results stand in sharp contrast to the outcome predicted by pollsters for this snap general election. The result is a slight gain over the 120 seats it won in the November 2019 election. Nigeria's election results: Bola Tinubu heading to victory - Ahmad Abuja. The Socialists are closely behind them with 129. Observers noted that despite the areas being a PDP stronghold, the race was shaping up to be competitive and close. We now have slightly more than 55% of the votes counted and live results published by the Spanish government show a very narrow gap between the Socialists and the PP. [7] On 10 July, Ibrahim Masari formally withdrew as vice presidential nominee and the later that day, Tinubu announced Kashim ShettimaSenator for Borno Central and former Governor of Borno Stateas his replacement. Instead this snap election saw Snchez again prove to be one of Europes most resilient politicians. NLC said the commission should not only reject the result but ensure that those responsible be prosecuted.This is completely unacceptable and we want INEC to ensure that any cooked result from any REC is not only rejected but the offenders be made to face the full weight of the law. Mr Tinubu has won just over 44% of the tallied votes. 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Nigeria opposition rejects early vote lead for ruling party Obi had polled about 16.3% or 2.2 million votes. The far-right Vox party has 33 seats while the leftwing movement Sumar has 30. Eighteen candidates ran in the election but the top four contenders are: There is a long-running pattern of violence in Nigerias elections, even though the frequency and intensity of the events have always varied. September 28, 2022 at 7:46 AM EDT. There was no formal zoning agreement for the APC nomination despite calls from politicians and interest groups such as the Southern Governors' Forum to zone the nomination to the South as Buhari, a northerner, was elected twice. [2] In January, INEC set the date for the by-election for 26 February alongside five other by-elections with party primaries taking place between 26 January and 5 February. Check out: Election Results Live from Presidential Election. On February 25, millions of Nigerians went to the polls across its 36 states and the federal capital, Abuja, to elect a new president and lawmakers to the two houses of the National Assembly. Tension is palpably high across the country as Nigerians await results of the presidential and the national assembly elections, over 24 hours after time was called in on the exercise. If not, Spain will again have to head to the polls. Illumination Assembly. There were a total of 79,917 registered voters. Weeks of negotiations and horse-trading are likely to follow Sundays vote.. [34], On 22 September 2021, member for Ogoja/Yala Agom Jarigbe (PDP) resigned after being sworn in as Senator for Cross River North. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. [4], However, on Election Day, a large number of INEC staff were kidnapped and the election was riddled by vote buying. (modern). The 2022 Nigerian House of Representatives elections are called to fill vacant seats in the House of Representatives. [27][28][29][30] In the weeks after the election, pundits argued over if the PRP share was simply a protest vote in the wake of contested APC primaries or a sign of wider disdain for the Plateau APC. July 19, 2023. Nigeria presidential election results 2023: State by state - BBC Official projected results. Conservatives lead Spain election as hung parliament looms [16] The party held its indirect presidential primary on 28 May 2022 in Abuja and nominated Atiku Abubakarits 2019 nominee and former Vice President. Kwankwaso Leads in 25 Kano LGAsPresidential Candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has taken a lead over other presidential candidates in the 25 local government areas of Kano State, going by the results so far announced by the INEC while the APC has won four LGAs. With 99.8% of the votes counted, the PP won tonights election with 136 seats. Sun 23 Jul 2023 19.17 EDT First published on Sun 23 Jul 2023 12.10 EDT With 100% of the votes counted, the PP has won the election with 136 seats. Some rivals accuse Mr Tinubu's APC party of stealing the election, The nuclear waste 'graveyard' that will last 100,000 years. The Socialists and Sumar would have 153 seats together, meaning they could potentially try to strike deals with smaller regional parties in order to govern. Obi was declared winner of the polls in Enugu South and Nkanu East LGs at the INEC collation centre in the state.At Nkanu East, the LP candidate polled a total of 11,746 votes while the PDP scored 1430. These results cannot be tampered with and any discrepancy between them and the physical results used in collation will be thoroughly investigated and remediated, in line with Section 65 of the Electoral Act 2022.The commission said while it fully appreciated the concerns of the public on this situation and welcomed various suggestions that it had received from concerned Nigerians, it was important to avoid statements and actions that could heat up the polity at this time or promote disaffection towards the Commission.The commission, therefore, accepted full responsibility for the problems and regretted the distress they might have caused the candidates, political parties and the electorate. Y a elecciones otra vez. Widespread voting delays hinder tense Nigerian election as - CNN Given the current results, it is still hard to tell whether a run-off could happen. Track your investments 24 hours a day, around the clock from around the world. The newspaper is a public trust dedicated to the pursuit of truth and reason covering a range of issues from breaking news to politics, business, the markets, the arts, sports and community to the crossroads of people and society. Mr Obi - from the previously little-known Labour Party - ran for the first time, promising to challenge the two-party system. All 109 seats in the Senate of Nigeria was up for election alongside the presidential and House of Representatives elections on 25 February 2023. Abia: The Abia State Independent Electoral Commission called local elections for 28 April. 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The 360 members of the House of Representatives are elected from single-seat constituencies using first-past-the-post voting; when vacancies occur, by-elections (or bye-elections) are called, scheduled, and administered by the Independent National Electoral Commission. The 2022 Nigerian state legislative elections are called to fill vacant seats in state Houses of Assembly. There have also been numerous allegations of voter suppression and intimidation, as well as outright rigging in parts of the country. Conservatives lead Spain election as hung parliament looms. Factbox: Final results of Nigeria's presidential election [45] Almost immediately, the PDP rejected the declared results and stated its intention to challenge the election.[46]. Read about our approach to external linking. The Socialists did better than polls had predicted, winning 122 seats. Official Presidential Election Results From 13 Kano - Within Nigeria If the Socialists are able to strike a deal with the party, perhaps convincing them to abstain, Pedro Snchez could potentially pave a return to power. [26] Reactions from the PDP claimed the result was a sign of the party's good prospects for 2023 in Plateau while the PRP party agent refused to sign the election final result sheet, alleging that there were irregularities at the Tudun Wada/Kabon collation centre. ABUJA, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Nigeria's ruling party candidate, Bola Tinubu, was declared president-elect of Africa's most populous nation in the early hours of Wednesday after a weekend election that . The far-right party Vox has taken some of the biggest losses of the night, with its seat count dropping from 52 in the countrys parliament to 33. Just over 75% of the votes have been counted and live results published by the Spanish government continue to show a narrow gap between the Socialists and the PP. In some cases, Al Jazeera noticed that there was a mismatch; for instance, at one polling unit in Ajah, Lagos, the uploaded sheet was for another in Lafia in Nasarawa, more than 925km (574 miles) away. Mr Tinubu has won just over 44% of the tallied votes. His main rival Atiku Abubakar has almost 33% of the vote. Millions of Nigerians voted over the weekend for a new president to succeed Muhammadu Buhari, whose eight-year rule of Africas most populous nation saw the economy fall into a fiscal crisis and insecurity become increasingly rife. Bloomberg Daybreak Asia. The president and vice president were elected on 25 February, with incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari ineligible to run, being term-limited. According to a Reuters tally of provisional results announced by electoral officials in 20 of Nigeria's 36 states, Tinubu leads with 39.7% or 5.4 million of valid votes counted, against 32.2% or 4.4 million votes for Atiku. The Socialists have 122 seats, while the leftwing movement, Sumar, is at 31 seats. The major opposition parties have. The former vice president polled 489,045 votes to defeat his closest rival, Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), who scored 482,283 votes. Sam Jones, The Guardians Madrid correspondent, has filed his take on the election results: The early results suggested the political hue of the next government is far from a foregone conclusion, with the left and right blocs running almost neck and neck in their race to get as close to 176 seats as possible. But the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Professor Mahmood Yakubu, has assured the Nigerian people that the process of collation and announcement would be transparent, even as INEC has explained that the challenges the commission was encountering with the transmission of results was not due to sabotage of its system. Out of a total of 178,654 registered voters, only 40, 347 voters were accredited.In Aniniri LG, the LP candidate scored a total of 11,339 votes while the PDP scored 395 votes and APC 64. . The nationwide poll shows a significant lead . NLC Warns INEC, Security against Subverting Peoples WillThe Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), has weighed in on the controversies trailing weekends presidential and National Assembly elections in some states, and cautioned the INEC and security agencies against colluding to subvert the peoples will.Addressing alleged complicity by INEC officials to scuttle the election and unleash violence, NLC urged President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately call the leadership of the commission to order. The European Election Observation Mission (EU EOM) to Nigeria has today published its final report on the federal and state elections of 25 February and 18 March. [15], On 26 October 2021, the seat of Ngor Okpala was declared vacant by Speaker Kennedy Ibeh after member Tochi Okere (PDP) did not attend the constitutionally-required amount of legislative meetings. Peter Obi, the top choice in four opinion polls ahead of next month's Nigerian elections, has promised to reprofile the nation's debt if elected. [13][14] Anonymous PDP sources blamed poor campaigning for the loss of the stronghold constituency while Ondo APC Chairman, Ade Adetimehin, cited the party's strategy and governing performance. The 109 members of the Senate are elected from 109 single-seat constituencies (three in each state and one for the Federal Capital Territory) by first-past-the-post voting. 3:33 Millions of Nigerians voted over the weekend for a new president to succeed Muhammadu Buhari, whose eight-year rule of Africa's most populous nation saw the economy fall into a fiscal crisis. [3], The APC nominated Bassey Effiom while Effiom Ekeng Edet was nominated by the PDP. Indeed, Al Jazeera verified that as of 10:54 am (09:54 GMT), only 46 percent or 81,569 result sheets of the 176,846 polling units nationwide, had been uploaded to the Independent National Electoral Commissions (INEC) portal. He was followed by the main opposition party candidate, Atiku Abubakar, who had 29%, and third party candidate Peter Obi, who had 20%. Right-wing bloc fails to win an outright majority in Spain's snap general election, according to preliminary results. Additionally, there will also be elections to fill vacant seats in the House of Representatives and state houses of assembly along with local elections in Adamawa State, Benue State, Edo State, Enugu State, the Federal Capital . [1] In December 2021, INEC stated its intent to use the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) technology for the by-election along with having polling unit workers upload results directly to the INEC results portal on Election Day. 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[2] In January, INEC set the date for the by-election for 26 February alongside five other by-elections with party primaries taking place between 26 January and 5 February. *INEC: IRev challenges not due to sabotage, intrusion, *Declares Tinubu winner of Ekiti poll*Holds remaining election in Bayelsa, others*Atiku wins Buharis State with 489,045 votes*NLC warns INEC, security agencies of dangers of subverting peoples will*National Assembly outcomes trickling in, Adedayo Akinwale, Onyebuchi Ezigbo, Udora Orizu in Abuja, Olusegun Samuel in Yenagoa, Gbenga Sodeinde in Ado Ekiti, Yinka Kolawole in Osogbo, Laleye Dipo in Minna, Blessing Ibunge in Port Harcourt, Ibrahim Shuaibu in Kano and Gideon Arinze in Enugu. In another Surulere polling unit, Emmanuel Akinwotu and Aanu Adeoye, West Africa correspondents of the Financial Times and NPR were present when masked gunmen interrupted the voting and made away with the ballot box, shooting as they entered and exited. The PP widely tipped to win the most seats in this snap election have 130. But Tinubu is leading in the popular vote, with a third of the total votes so far. Fatoba was sworn in 28 June, returning the Assembly to full membership for the first time since January 2021. #EleccionesGenerales | Suena la cancin de 'Verano Azul' en la sede del PSOE en la calle Ferraz de Madridhttps://t.co/bkzdw4nEof pic.twitter.com/gwiApWCTRj.