Instead it hints at weeks if not months of negotiations as parties try to gather enough support to lead the countrys 350-seat parliament. [9] INEC originally set the date for the by-election for 20 March 2021 with party primaries taking place between 26 February and 3 March. [15] There was no zoning agreement for the PDP nomination despite calls from politicians and interest groups such as the Southern Governors' Forum to zone the nomination to the South as the APC's Buhari, a Northerner, was elected twice. The president and vice president were elected on 25 February, with incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari ineligible to run, being term-limited. 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. If not, Spain will again have to head to the polls. [45] Almost immediately, the PDP rejected the declared results and stated its intention to challenge the election.[46]. "[31], On 29 June 2021, the member for Shinkafi, Muhammad Ahmad (APC), was killed in a bandit attack along the Sheme-Funtua highway in Katsina State. All but three will hold on 11 March 2023, while the Kogi State, Imo State, and Bayelsa State elections will hold on 11 November. [17] 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. Tinubu to Tribunal: Nullifying Presidential Election on Account of 25% The 2022 Nigerian elections will be held throughout 2022. It is Nigerias most authoritative news media available on all platforms for the political, business, professional and diplomatic elite and broader middle classes while serving as the meeting point of new ideas, culture and technology for the aspirationals and millennials. Overnight on Wall Street is daytime in Asia. Akinyemi Akinrujomu BBC News Yoruba editor, Lagos The declaration of Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the candidate for the governing APC party, as winner of Nigeria's presidential election was greeted by. Elections were held for the 109 senatorial districts and 360 constituencies in Nigerias bicameral federal legislature on February 25, the same day as the presidential election. On 16 August 2021, member for Akure North/Akure South Adedayo Omolafe (PDP) died from an undisclosed illness. Nigeria election results: Peter Obi lands surprise win in Lagos State - CNN The far-right Vox party has 33 seats while leftwing movement Sumar has 30. Check out: Election Results Live from Presidential Election. The Independent National Electoral Commission (Inec) has denied the opposition parties' complaints. [2] The 360 members of the House of Representatives are also elected by first-past-the-post voting in single-member constituencies.[3]. The ruling party candidate takes an early lead in presidential results despite losing in Lagos. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. On election day, the statement added, trust in the electoral commission was reduced further because of delayed polling processes and information gaps related to much anticipated access to results on its Results Viewing Portal (IReV). Some rivals accuse Mr Tinubu's APC party of stealing the election, The nuclear waste 'graveyard' that will last 100,000 years. The PP which polls had suggested would win the election by a substantial margin has 132 seats. Outside the Socialists headquarters, the mood appears to be jubilant. Atiku Wins Buharis State with 489,045 VotesIn the early hours of this morning, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, was declared the winner of the Saturdays presidential election in Katsina state. On March 11, 28 of the 36 states will hold the governorship and state parliament elections. The PP widely tipped to win the most seats in this snap election have 130. [5] Almost immediately, the APC rejected the declared results and stated its intention to challenge the election. Mr Tinubu has won just over 44% of the tallied votes. [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. Can leftwing movement fend off far-right? [10] On 7 July, Okupe formally withdrew as vice presidential nominee and the next day, Obi announced Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmedformer Senator for Kaduna Northas his replacement. Nigerians vote in governorship polls as ruling party scrambles to - CNN Nigeria's 2023 presidential election . But doing so would require weeks if not months of fraught negotiations, meaning Spain risks heading into new elections. Spanish media are highlighting that the potential kingmaker of the election is not the far-right Vox but rather the Catalan separatist party Junts per Catalunya. Nigeria's ruling party candidate Bola Tinubu is leading in the presidential election after results were released in 14 of the country's 36 states. .In a related development, candidate of the APC, Bola Tinubu, was reportedly leading in 18 out of the 29 local governments so far declared in Katsina, while the PDP candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has 11 to his credit. 2022 House of Representatives by-elections in Nigeria to fill legislative vacancies, 2022 Nigerian House of Representatives elections, Akure North/Akure South Federal Constituency by-election, Jos North/Bassa Federal Constituency by-election, Ogoja/Yala Federal Constituency by-election, Independent National Electoral Commission, 2022 Nigerian state legislative elections, "INEC Reviews Bimodal System, Unveils Electoral Innovations", "INEC fixes six by-elections for February 26", "Ondo Bye-Election: APC, PDP Set For Primaries With 13 Aspirants", "Ondo bye-election: Alade wins APC primary (see full results)", "Ondo Bye-Election: Olumuyiwa Adu emerges standard-bearer for PDP", "By-Elections: APC, PDP, Others Battle For 6 Parliamentary Seats Today", "Ondo by-election: PDP, APC in show of strength", "Ondo Bye-Election: Voters Accuse Deputy Governor Of Sharing Money", "Ondo by-election: APC, PDP trade accusation over vote-buying", "Bye-election: Tension in Ondo over alleged sharing of money by Deputy governor at voting centres", "Ondo By-election: Voters laud INEC on early commencement of exercise", "APC wins Akure South/Akure North Federal Constituency by-election", "APC defeats PDP in Akure bye-election amid vote buying allegations", "Ondo PDP mum after bye-election loss in stronghold", "Declaration of Result of the Akure North/Akure South Federal Constituency Bye -Election in Ondo State, held on 26th February 2022", "Akure South/Akure North Federal Constituency Bye Election, Ondo State", "Rep. Maitala, son, 2 others die in auto crash", "Plateau: APC holds Jos North/Bassa, Pankshin South party primaries Feb 1", "Jos North/Bassa Constituency: APC gives reasons for delay in commencement of primary", "How APC Votes Buying Marred Plateau Bye Election of Jos North/Bassa Rep", "Jos North/Bassa bye-election: APC primary election ends in stalemate as Kwande, Abbey claim victory", "Jos North/Bassa bye-election: Gov. Between them they will win around 64% of the vote, down from 84% in 2008 but up from just 49% in November 2019. The Labour Partys candidate, Peter Obi, on the other hand, garnered 11,397 votes and Rabiu Kwankwaso of the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP) polled 264 votes.Lasisi, who said Ekiti had a total of 988,923 registered voters, while the number of accredited voters were 315,058, added that, the total valid votes was 308,171, while number of rejected stood at 6,301 and total votes cast, 314,472. 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. [27] 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. The electoral commission has declared ruling party candidate Bola Tinubu winner of Nigeria's presidential election.. But the result is far from the outright majority needed to topple the incumbent Socialists, even with the far-rights 33 seats. Seats in the Congreso (lower house of parliament) PSOE. Nigeria's election results: Bola Tinubu heading to victory - Ahmad European Union observers said the electoral body's poor planning and communication undermined trust in the process. 03:30 - Source: CNN Abuja, Nigeria CNN Nigerians will head to the polls Saturday in a fiercely-contested presidential vote that analysts say is too close to call. This page is not available in other languages. 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. Live from New York and Hong Kong, bringing you the essential stories from the close of the U.S. markets to the open of trading across Asia. The rerun ended with Aku winning overwhelmingly with 809 of 883 votes while Yahaya Kwande received only 74 votes. Live market coverage co-anchored from Hong Kong and New York. Casi 20. Gov. The commission noted that unlike in the off-season elections, where the portal was used, it has been relatively slow and unsteady, stressing that the Commission regretted the setback, especially, because of the importance of IReV in its results management process.The problem is totally due to technical hitches related to scaling up the IReV from a platform for managing off-season, state elections, to one for managing nationwide general election. At the same time, INEC, yesterday, announced the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, as the winner of the presidential election in Ekiti State, after polling 201,494 votes, to defeat his closest rival, Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who scored 89,554 votes.However, Atiku Abubakar returned that favour by defeating Tinubu in Katsina State, the Presidents home state, though by a small margin. Provisional results from the Lagos state collation centre released on Monday gave Obi, who switched to the tiny Labour party from the PDP last year, a narrow win over Tinubu, with 582,454 votes. However, both Aku and Yahaya Kwande rejected the announced results and declared victory; the primary election panel consulted with the national party before deciding to hold a rerun primary. [29], On 29 January 2022, the member for Gusau East, Ibrahim Naiddah, died from a "protracted illness. With 100% of the vote counted, Spains snap election has yielded a fragmented result that will yield weeks if not months of dealmaking attempts. At the Awada Primary School in Onitsha on Saturday, Al Jazeera watched as more than 1,000 people who had been waiting for hours some since 7am complain about officials arriving a little after noon. We warn INEC and others not to allow this election to degenerate into a national security crisis.This is avoidable and it is only by allowing the sovereign will prevail that we can guarantee national peace. A candidate needs to have the most votes and a quarter of ballots cast in 25 of the 36 states plus Abuja to be declared the winner. Poll Leader in Nigeria Presidential Election Pledges Debt Revamp [18] 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. INEC has also been slow to upload result sheets from the polling units to the server. [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. 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Analysts also observed regional dynamics as providing issues for the major party nominees and an opening for Alkali as both Aku and Agah Avia are Christians from Bassa LGA which couldve lead to potential vote splitting to the benefit of Alkali, a Muslim from Jos North LGA. There are 15 other candidates. 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