Nigerian parliamentary election, 2003

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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Parliamentary elections were held in Nigeria on 12 April 2003. The result was a victory for the ruling People's Democratic Party, which won 76 of the 109 Senate seats and 223 of the 360 House seats. Voter turnout was 50%.[1][2]

Results

Senate

Party Votes % Seats +/-
People's Democratic Party 15,585,538 53.69 76 +17
All Nigeria Peoples Party 8,091,783 27.87 27 -2
Alliance for Democracy 2,828,082 9.74 6 -14
United Nigeria People's Party 789,705 2.72 0 New
National Democratic Party 459,462 1.58 0 New
All Progressives Grand Alliance 429,073 1.48 0 New
People's Redemption Party 204,929 0.71 0 New
Other parties 641,535 2.21 0 -
Invalid/blank votes 965,064 - - -
Total 29,995,171 100 109 0

House of Representatives

Party Votes % Seats +/-
People's Democratic Party 15,927,807 54.49 223 +17
All Nigeria Peoples Party 8,021,531 27.44 96 +22
Alliance for Democracy 2,711,972 9.28 34 -34
United Nigeria People's Party 803,432 2.75 2 New
National Democratic Party 561,161 1.92 1 New
All Progressives Grand Alliance 397,147 1.36 2 New
People's Redemption Party 96,550 0.33 1 New
Other parties 713,470 2.21 0 -
Vacant - - 1 -
Invalid/blank votes 1,153,200 - - -
Total 30,386,270 100 360 0

References

  1. Elections in Nigeria African Elections Database
  2. Nigeria: Elections in 2003 Inter-Parliamentary Union