Nigeria

House of Representatives

Political system: Presidential system
Structure of parliament: Bicameral
IPU membership: Yes

Election results

Data on parliamentary elections, including the background, candidates, voter turnout, results and the formation of the new legislature. By default the latest election results are displayed. Select a date to view results from previous elections.

Results

About the election: The All Progressives Congress (APC), established in February 2013 by four opposition parties (see note), won the parliamentary and presidential elections, defeating President's Goodluck Jonathan's People's Democratic Party (PDP), which had ruled the country since the end of military rule in 1999. The APC took 212 seats in the House of Representatives and 60 seats in the Senate. Mr. Muhammadu Buhari (APC) - a retired Major General in the Army who ruled Nigeria between 1983 and 1985 - was sworn in as the new President on 29 May.

The 2015 elections were held against the background of the Boko Haram insurgency. On 7 February, one week before the planned polling day, the election commission announced the postponement of the elections by six weeks. It stated that voters' safety could not be guaranteed when the country's security forces were fighting against Boko Haram. It added that the postponement would also allow it to distribute more voters' cards. The major electoral issues included the fight against Boko Haram, tackling corruption and reviving the economy, which had been hit by slumping oil prices.

Note :

The APC comprised the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) and a faction of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA). These parties had separately won a total of 132 seats in the House of Representatives and 33 seats in the Senate in the 2011 elections. In December 2013 37 PDP members in the House of Representatives defected to the APC, followed in January 2014 by 11 PDP senators and in October 2014 by House Speaker Aminu Tambuwal. At the time of the 2015 elections, the APC reportedly held over 180 seats in the House of Representatives, against 160 for the PDP.
Number of parties winning seats: 5
Percentage of parties winning seats: 17.9%
Percentage of seats won by largest party or coalition: 58.9%
Alternation of power after elections: Yes

Parties or coalitions winning seats

Parties or coalitions winning seats
Political group	Total
All Progressives Congress (APC)	212
People's Democratic Party (PDP)	140
All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA)	5
Accord Party	1
Labour Party (LP)	1
Social Democratic Party (SDP)	1

Members elected, by sex

Number of men elected: 340
Number of women elected: 20
Percentage of women elected: 5.6%
Women Directly Elected: 20
Sources: House of Representatives (19.06.2015)

Independent National Electoral Commission

New legislature

Total number of men after the election: 340
Total number of women after the election: 20
Percentage of women after the election: 5.6%
First-term parliamentarians: 342
Percentage of first-term parliamentarians: 95.0%
Date of the first session: 09 Jun 2015

First Speaker of the new legislature

Personal details for the first Speaker of the new legislature: Yakubu Dogara (Male)
Date of birth: 1967
Political party: All Progressives Congress (APC)
Date of election: 09 Jun 2015

Nigeria

House of Representatives

Election results

Background

Candidates

Voter turnout