Nigerian presidential election, 2003

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Presidential elections were held in Nigeria on 19 April 2003. The result was a victory for incumbent Olusegun Obasanjo of the People's Democratic Party. Voter turnout was 69.1%.^[1]

Background

New elections were organized for the first time for 15 years in Nigeria by a civilian government. Olusegun Obasanjo was a civilian president since 1999, after hanging up his uniform. Although he and his party were the clear favorites, he was accused of manipulating the ballot.

Electoral fraud

Millions of people voted several times. The police in Lagos uncovered an electoral fraud, finding five million false ballots.

International observers, including the European Union, determined various irregularities in 11 of the 36 Federal States. Thus in many cases votes were pre-filled or results were later amended. In some states those did not fulfill minimum standard for democratic elections.

Nearly all opposition parties refused to recognize the result. The electoral committee noted for example that in the city Warri in the Niger delta of 135,739 voters, 133,529 voted for the parliamentary election. Observers reported, however, that up to the Saturday afternoon no elections and only some polling stations had opened. Also the counting time very long compared with other countries pointed according to observers on possible electoral fraud.

Results

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Olusegun Obasanjo	People's Democratic Party	24,456,140	61.94
Muhammadu Buhari	All Nigeria People's Party	12,710,022	32.19
Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu	All Progressives Grand Alliance	1,297,445	3.29
Jim Nwobodo	United Nigeria People's Party	169,609	0.43
Gani Fawehinmi	National Conscience Party	161,333	0.41
Sarah Jubril	Progressive Action Congress	157,560	0.40
Ike Nwachukwu	National Democratic Party	132,997	0.34
Chris Okotie	Justice Party	119,547	0.30
Balarabe Musa	People's Redemption Party	100,765	0.26
Arthur Nwankwo	People's Mandate Party	57,720	0.15
Emmanuel Okereke	All People's Liberation Party	26,921	0.07
Kalu Idika Kalu	New Nigeria People's Party	23,830	0.06
Muhammadu Dikko Yusuf	Movement for Democracy and Justice	21,403	0.05
Yahaya Ndu	African Renaissance Party	11,565	0.03
Abayomi Ferreira	Democratic Alternative	6,727	0.02
Tunji Braithwaite	Nigeria Advance Party	6,932	0.02
Iheanyichukwu Godswill Nnaji	Better Nigeria Progressive Party	5,987	0.02
Olapade Agoro	National Action Council	5,756	0.01
Pere Ajuwa	Liberal Democratic Party of Nigeria	4,473	0.01
Mojisola Adekunle-Obasanjo	Masses Movement of Nigeria	3,757	0.01
Invalid/blank votes		2,538,246	-
Total		42,018,735	100

References

↑ Elections in Nigeria African Elections Database

Elections in Nigeria

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Regional elections	1951 1953 1954 1956−57 1960−61 1964 British Cameroons: 1959 1961

Local elections	1950 1953

Referendums	1959 1961

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