1983 Nigerian presidential election

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1983 Nigerian presidential election
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  1979 6 August 1983 1993  
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Nominee Shehu Shagari Obafemi Awolowo Nnamdi Azikiwe
Party NPN UPN NPP
Running mate Alex Ekwueme Muhammad Kura Shettima Mustafa [1]
States carried1152
Popular vote12,081,4717,907,2093,557,113
Percentage47.51%31.09%13.99%

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Results by state

President before election

Shehu Shagari
NPN

Elected President

Shehu Shagari
NPN

Presidential elections were held in Nigeria on 6 August 1983. The result was a victory for incumbent Shehu Shagari, who received 48% of the vote. [2] [3] His National Party of Nigeria won the parliamentary elections held later in the month. [4]

Results

CandidatePartyVotes%
Shehu Shagari National Party of Nigeria 12,081,47147.51
Obafemi Awolowo Unity Party of Nigeria 7,907,20931.09
Nnamdi Azikiwe Nigerian People's Party 3,557,11313.99
Khalifa Hassan Yusuf People's Redemption Party 968,9743.81
Waziri Ibrahim Great Nigeria People's Party 643,8062.53
Tunji Braithwaite Nigeria Advance Party 271,5241.07
Total25,430,097100.00
Registered voters/turnout65,304,818
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

  1. Hart, Christopher (1993). "The Nigerian Elections of 1983" . Africa: Journal of the International African Institute. 63 (3): 401. doi:10.2307/1161428. ISSN   0001-9720.
  2. Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p716 ISBN   0-19-829645-2
  3. May, Clifford D. (11 August 1989). "NIGERIAN PRESIDENT ELECTED TO A SECOND TERM". New York Times . p. 6.
  4. Elections in Nigeria African Elections Database