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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.
In May, INEC set the date for the by-election for June 19 with party primaries taking place between May 18 and May 24. [12] Yusuf Galami, the APC nominee, defeated the PDP's Kamilu Inuwa by over 47% and nearly 20,000 votes. [13] The election had 31.59% turnout and was conducted peacefully according to participating voters and INEC officials. [14]
The 2023 Bayelsa State House of Assembly election was held on March 18, 2023, to elect members of the Bayelsa State House of Assembly in Nigeria. All 24 seats were up for election in the Bayelsa State House of Assembly. [1] [2] Abraham Ingobere from PDP representing Brass III constituency, the immediate past speaker of the 6th house of Assembly ...
Both parties strove to win the election as it (along with the Ogoja/Yala Federal Constituency by-election) was one of the first elections in Cross River State since Governor Benedict Ayade defected to the APC in May 2021 and thus a powerful signal for the path the state is taking ahead of the 2023 elections. [4]
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[1] [2] The last regular House elections for all districts were in 2019. Other federal elections, including the Senate elections and the presidential election, held on the same date while state elections were held two weeks afterwards on 18 March. The winners of these House elections will serve beginning in the 10th Nigerian National Assembly.
How to follow results on races for president, House, Senate, governor and more. USA TODAY will publish the results for all races that the Associated Press tracks. When statewide polls begin to ...
The elections were the most expensive ever held in Nigeria, costing ₦69 billion (US$625 million) [8] more than the 2015 elections. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] Incumbent president Muhammadu Buhari won his re-election bid, defeating his closest rival Atiku Abubakar by over 3 million votes.