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Electoral act 2010 this is the electoral act that repealed the previous 2006 act. In a statement posted on its website thursday, the electoral commission said it was making the. More specifically, the article explores voter turnout in nigerias 2011 general elections and the. The result was a victory for moshood kashimawo olawale abiola of the social democratic party, who defeated bashir tofa of the national republican convention. He identifies corruption and the need for large sums of money as some of the main impediments for. The first governor general of colonial nigeria was answer. A presidential election was held in nigeria on 16 april 2011, postponed from 9 april 2011. Introduction between march and april 2015, nigerians went to the polls to cast their ballot in national and state elections. Pdf this article examines the cost of the 2011 general elections in nigeria in real and financial terms. In august 2011, the inec inaugurated a committee the registration and. It shows a wide range of exclusion that starts with party manifestos and is also present in the nondemocratic ways in which political candidates are selected.

The high level of success of nigerias 2015 general elections was. In fact, the flawed general elections of 2007 and 2011 have threatened the fragile democratic experiment in nigeria due. There was a sigh of relief that nigeria will evolve into a free society after. Read all the latest news, breaking stories, top headlines, opinion, pictures and videos about election from nigeria and the world on today. Nigeria adopted a new legal framework for the 2011 elections following amendments to the electoral act and constitution in late 2010 and early 2011. The action congress of nigeria made gaines in the southwest, where lagos is located and the congress for progressive change made gains in the north. Always check this page to see live reports and updates of various polling units and centers in nigeria. Browse and read free research project topics and materials. Home viewpoint nigeria and the 2011 general elections nigeria and the 2011 general elections on march 14, 2011 12.

Associate professor and head, department of political science, nnamdi azikiwe university, nigeria abstract following the outbursts of violence in previous elections in nigeria, fears have been expressed that the 2015 general elections would be marred by a more electoral violence that may even announce the obituary of the nigerian state. Out of the 14 contestants for the presidency, only one was a female. Pdf the electoral process and democratic consolidation in nigeria. Nigeria s 2015 election in perspective 1 asuni, judith, and jacqueline farris 2011, tracking social media.

At this critical juncture in the countrys history, the nigerian government and other public. The social media tracking centre and the 2011 nigerian elections, abuja. This will also go a long way in solving the problem of intimidating any resident electoral commissioner from doing a thorough job thereby conducting a free and fair election. Introduction this statement is offered by an international delegation organized by the national democratic institute ndi. Although elections are now more regular in nigeria, the quality of. The independent national electoral commission, inec, has announced dates for 2019 general elections.

Nigeria is one indivisible and indissoluble sovereign state to be known by the name of the federal republic of nigeria. Article information, pdf download for the 2015 nigerian general elections, open. Presidential elections 19992011 in figures vanguard news. Since 1999 it has governed the country according to the fourth republican constitution. Problems of elections in nigeria, university of ibadan press, ibadan. General elections were held in nigeria on 28 and 29 march 2015, the fifth quadrennial election to be held since the end of military rule in 1999. Highprofile losses included the pdps dimeji bankole, the speaker of the house of representatives, and former president olusegun obasanjos daughter in the senate. A primer on inec elections in april 2011 nigerianstalk. Constitution of the federal republic of nigeria pdf download. To win the vote, a presidential candidate must obtain an absolute majority or at least 25 percent of the ballots in twothirds of the. Linus ugwu odo department of public administration, ibb university, lapai niger state abstract.

Problems and prospects of the evoting option idike, adeline nnenna, a. Esua, chairman of federal electoral commission came up with election guidelines to ensure free, and fair and nonviolent elections by the 22 million registered voters of nigerias 55. Nigerian unity, general elections, democracy, election rigging, peace and security 1. The description of nigerian constitution a highly accessible, easy to use app version of the constitution of nigeria the supreme law of the federal republic of nigeria with its 1st, 2nd and 3rd amendments. Inec is pleased to announce the successful applicants to observe the 2019 general elections holding on 23rd february, 2019 and 9th march, 2019. Indeed, according to the cleen foundation, violence has been a feature of the countrys electoral process since the. The delegation visited nigeria from october 1015, 2010, to assess preparations for the 2011 national and state elections. Pdf this paper examines election rigging and its effect on democratic.

The elections started with the national assembly senatorial and house of representatives elections on april 9, followed by the presidential elections on april 16 and gubernatorial elections on april 26. Department of social studies, adeyemi college of education, ondo, ondo state, nigeria. Preparation for the elections began as far back as august 2009 with a strategic retreat by inec in abuja. The scope of the study was restricted to the 2011 general elections in kaduna state.

Former military general olusegun obasanjo won the vote. The historic june 12, 1993 election believed to have been won by late business mogul, mko abiola was considered by many observers as the freest and fairest election in nigerias political history. The study is to assess the gender inequality and women participation in politics. General elections were held in nigeria on 23 february 2019 to elect the president, vice president, house of representatives and the senate. Nigeria s 2007 elections and media coverage january 2007 election campaign context in april 2007, nigerians go the polls for the third consecutive time to elect a president and national representatives. Since 1999, nigeria has organized general elections in 2003, 2007 and 2011. Accreditation of domestic and foreign observers for 2019 general elections. Concerns about nigeria s ability to hold a peaceful general election in 2015 have characterised the work of governance, peace and security sector practitioners and. There shall be 36 states in nigeria, that is to say, abia, adamawa, akwa ibom. Esua, chairman of federal electoral commission came up with election guidelines to ensure free, and fair and nonviolent elections by the 22 million registered voters of nigeria s 55. The 2011 election season in nigeria, which kicked off on april 9 with the national assembly polls. May 31, 2011 european union election observation mission. Voters elected the president and members to the house of representatives and the senate.

The elections will be conducted by nigerias election management body, the independent national electoral commission inec. Thus, through the use of comparative theory unfolds the causes responsible for the opposition travail in the 2015 election in nigeria. Redirected from nigerian presidential election, 1993 presidential elections were held in nigeria on 12 june 1993, the first since the 1983 military coup. However, the implication of nigeria s electoral history for the enthronement of a democratic order is yet to be exhaustively explored. Get live updates and reports of the ongoing 2019 presidential, senatorial and house of representative elections taking place on the 23rd of march 2019 at various polling units in nigeria.

The legal and constitutional framework of the 2011 elections in nigeria. Elections and governance in nigerias fourth republic is a book about nigerian politics. The first general election in nigeria was hold in answer. Mar 27, 2015 concerns about nigerias ability to hold a peaceful general election in 2015 have characterised the work of governance, peace and security sector practitioners and policymakers for some time now.

The wellmanaged 2011 elections nigeria s 2011 general elections in particular the presidential election were seen widely as being wellrun. The fourth republic is the current republican government of nigeria. The project topic home for mba, msc, bsc, pgd, phd final year student. With the exception of the north central region, where 68% of the respondents indicated that elections are important, other regions recorded a relatively higher positive response. Mar 31, 2015 results show that general muhammadu buhari of the all progressives congress apc party will be declared nigeria s next president. Comparative study of 2011 and 2015 presidential elections in. General impression of election process and elected officials in nigeria at least four out of five respondents affirmed that elections are important in nigeria. The last time nigeria had elections for choosing candidates into various elective offices was in 2011.

Promulgation of the constitution of the federal republic of nigeria 1999. Nigeria presidential and national assembly elections the. Pdf the cost of the 2011 general elections in nigeria. Breaking the cycle of violence includes ending impunity for political violence, cultivating local peacebuilding initiatives and strengthening local democratic institutions.

This was especially important given the universally decried elections of 2007. Mwangi kimenyi recaps this election, its significance, and what. Nigeria shall be a federation consisting of states and a federal capital territory. Nigerians are tired of visionless leaders who cannot offer them anything. An analysis of the voting pattern, issues and impact. Interestingly, all the violence linked to elections is mostly perpetrated by the youth who are not only in the service of the politicians but financed by them so long as they do their biddings. Election news latest breaking stories and top headlines today. The incumbent president, goodluck jonathan sought his second and final term. The elections had initially been scheduled for 16 february, but the electoral commission postponed the vote by a week at 03. Download fulltext pdf the 2011 general elections in nigeria article pdf available in ghana journal of sociology june 2012 with 125 reads. Although the nigeria general election which was held in 2011 was relatively peaceful, however, it was also marked with some irregularities. However, for elections to be termed democratic, it must be free and fair. Political office holders impacted negatively on the 2007 and 2011 general elections in nigeria and particularly in northwest geopolitical zone.

Elections and governance in nigerias fourth republic on jstor. I argue that although the 2011 election was regarded as relatively free and fair its. Election rigging and the problems of electoral act in nigeria. Nigerias general elections were held from april 9 may 6, 2011. The period since 1999 has been marked by an extraordinary progress towards the consolidation of democracy in nigeria oyovbaire, 2008. Nigeria s crisis of legitimacy can only be overcome by a strong commitment to political reform and concrete efforts to strengthen the countrys democratic institutions. Lagoschairman, independent national electoral commission, inec, professor mahmood yakubu, yesterday urged nigeria youths to live up to expectation of ensuring credible election in 2019. The next day attahiru jega, the head of the electoral commission, said that the commission weighed all the options and considered the wideranging counsel of. At the house of representatives, just 14 women got voted in, while the remaining 346 are men. The 2011 general elections wasnt a happy story before, during and. Few women got elective positions during the 2015 general elections. Scope and limitation this study addresses its subject matter within the confines of nigerias democratic dispensation with particular reference to the 2007 and 2011 general elections. It was in many ways a revival of the second republic, which was in place between 1979 and 1983 and suffers many of the same problems, such as multiple ministries which made policy planning difficult citation needed. It may be read, copied and distributed free of charge according to the conditions of the.

The independent national electoral commission inec was established by the 1999 constitution of the federal republic of nigeria to among other things organize elections into various political offices in. However it was later postponed to 4 april on the originally scheduled day of the election itself as voters turned up in the morning to see ballots had not yet arrived. Given the increasing relevance and topicality of election in nigerias current democratic dispensation, more researches such as this are certainly needed to examine challenges of conducting free and fair elections in nigeria. Nigeria has committed itself, with reference to national electionrelated.

Nigeria s 2011 general election received high praise for being wellmanaged. However, the election was infamously annulled by the military dictator, general ibrahim babangida. Current affairs refer to events of political or social interest and importance happening in the world at the present time. In 1985, general buharis regime was toppled by general ibrahim babangida, who continued another military dictatorship from 1985 to 1993 until he was compelled to step aside due to violent civil uprising caused by the annulment of the june 12 presidential election. The 2019 general election may have come and gone but the ripples are still being felt. Social media, political mobilisation and paticipatory politics in nigeria. After the april polls, the fourth republic would have produced four general elections 1999, 2003, 2007 and 2011. Ballot boxes were designed to bear the symbols of each party in the.

In 1999, the first free elections ended 15 years of military rule. The general objective of the paper therefore, is to examine the problems and prospects of the evoting option in democracy and the electoral process in nigeria. The first military government in nigeria was headed by answer. Nigeria s 2011 general elections, the fourth since the return to civilian rule in 1999, were.

Abuja, 31 may 2011 the legal framework, the general performance of. In view of this, the thrust of this paper is a reflection on the tides of electoral violence and the attendant precipitating factors that make free and fair election pretty difficult in nigeria. The elections were adjudged to be free, fair and credible by both local and. The elections were first scheduled to be held on 14 february 2015. Nigeria s 2011 elections were the most violent yetclaiming 800 lives in three days.

The election was originally scheduled to be held on 2 april. Presidential elections were held in nigeria on 16 april 2011, postponed from 9 april 2011. History of general elections in nigeria from 1999 till. The election was originally scheduled to be held on 2 april, but was later postponed to 4 april. The elections will be conducted by nigeria s election management body, the independent national electoral commission inec. The high level of success of nigerias 2015 general elections was unexpected, considering the difficult political and security environment in which the elections were conducted. Twitter as a tool for political mobilisation considering the forthcoming general elections in. National electoral commission inec had conducted five consecutive general elections for the first time in the nigeria s political history.

Electoral act 2010 ace electoral knowledge network. An analysis of the 2015 general elections igbokweibeto, chinyeaka justine department of public administration, faculty of management sciences, nnamdi azikiwe university, awkam anambra state, nigeria corresponding author. The 2015 nigerian general elections nkwachukwu orji, 2015. While many aggrieved candidates and political parties have filed petitions at the election. We will be discussing 100 current affairs questions and answers that are of importance to nigerians. Using apkpure app to upgrade nigerian constitution, fast, free and save your internet data. This law library of congress report analyzes electoral law in nigeria, particularly the. The 2007 elections are being watched with keen interest as a bellwether of established civilian rule in nigeria and stability in west africa. Statement of ndis pre election assessment mission to the 2011 elections i.

The election followed controversy as to whether a northerner or southerner should be allowed to become president given the tradition of rotating the top office between the north and the south after the death of umaru yaradua, a northerner, when goodluck jonathan, another southerner assumed the interim. General elections were scheduled to take place in nigeria on february 16, 2019, to elect the president, vice president, and members of the national assembly. A parliamentary election was held in nigeria on 9 april 2011. Mar 28, 2015 general buhari holding a broom at a campign rally. The reports will span through the final collation and announcement of winners. Nigerias election below the minimum democracy standard. Abstract this paper investigates comparative study of 2011 and 2015 presidential elections in nigeria with specific focus on the fourth republic, from the comparative analysis perspectives.

Abuja, 31 may 2011 the legal framework, the general performance of the. Accreditation of domestic and foreign observers for 2019. A total of 110 questionnaires were used, only 100 were recovered successfully. Check here for nigeria current affairs questions and answers 2020. Nigeria and the 2011 general elections vanguard news.