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Do not fill this in! ==Results== ===President=== [[File:Number of votes per candidate (Nigerian general election, 2007).png|thumb|right|400px|Number of votes per candidate]] Official figures on [[voter turnout]] were not released but the turnout was estimated at 57.5 percent of 61.5 million registered voters.<ref name='AFP 24 April 2007'>[http://www.afp.com/english/news/stories/070424132410.pj31s1er.html "Nigeria's president-elect pleads for peace"]{{Dead link|date=April 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, AFP, 24 April 2007.</ref> The first results to be released, from [[Rivers State]], showed a large majority for Yar'Adua.<ref>[http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=86&art_id=nw20070422215618454C403358 "Monitors, opposition reject Nigeria poll"], Reuters (''IOL''), 23 April 2007.</ref><ref name=Cancel>[http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/98F81A7E-90EA-42FA-9FF8-F14DA38C5455.htm "Calls to cancel Nigeria poll result"], Al Jazeera, 22 April 2007.</ref> On April 23, Yar'Adua was declared the winner by INEC, which said that he had received 70% of the vote<ref name=Huge>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6584393.stm "Huge win for Nigeria's Yar'Adua"], BBC News, April 23, 2007.</ref> (24,638,063 votes).<ref name=Win>[http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/30E1A74B-1894-47BE-AC3C-5CDF52AE71E9.htm "Yar'Adua wins Nigeria elections"], Al Jazeera, 23 April 2007.</ref> [[Muhammadu Buhari|Buhari]] was in second place with 18% of the vote<ref name=Huge/> (6,605,299 votes),<ref name=Win/> while Abubakar was placed third with about 7%<ref name=Huge/> (2,637,848 votes).<ref name=Win/> Both Buhari and Abubakar rejected the results. The opposition candidates believe the election was rigged in Yar'Adua's favor.<ref name=Huge/> Outgoing president Olusegun Obasanjo stated in a televised address that the election "could not be described as perfect".<ref name=Huge/><ref name='Reuters, Tom Ashby Apr 24'>Tom Ashby, [http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=86&art_id=nw20070424011331495C193959 "Yar'Adua wins Nigeria poll 'charade'"], Reuters (''IOL''), 24 April 2007.</ref> Results, announced by Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman Prof. [[Maurice Iwu]], were:<ref name="Results">Sufuyan Ojeifo, [http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=76296 "INEC: Yar’Adua is the President-elect"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930165243/http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=76296 |date=2007-09-30 }}, ''This Day'' (Nigeria), 22 April 2007.</ref> The results did not disclose the total votes scored in the states or the percentages of the scores by the presidential candidates. {{Election results |cand1=[[Umaru Yar'Adua]]|party1=[[People's Democratic Party (Nigeria)|People's Democratic Party]]|votes1=24638063 |cand2=[[Muhammadu Buhari]]|party2=[[All Nigeria Peoples Party]]|votes2=6605299 |cand3=[[Atiku Abubakar]]|party3=[[Action Congress of Nigeria|Action Congress]]|votes3=2637848 |cand4=[[Orji Uzor Kalu]]|party4=[[Progressive Peoples Alliance]]|votes4=608803 |cand5=[[Attahiru Bafarawa]]|party5=[[Democratic People's Party (Nigeria)|Democratic People's Party]]|votes5=289224 |cand6=[[Chukwuemeka Odimegwu Ojukwu]]|party6=[[All Progressives Grand Alliance]]|votes6=155947 |cand7=Pere Ajuwa|party7=[[Alliance for Democracy (Nigeria)|Alliance for Democracy]]|votes7=89241 |cand8=[[Chris Okotie]]|party8=[[Fresh Democratic Party]]|votes8=74049 |cand9=[[Patrick Utomi]]|party9=[[African Democratic Congress]]|votes9=50849 |cand10=Asakarawon Olapere|party10=Nigeria People's Congress|votes10=33771 |cand11=Ambrose Owuru|party11=Hope Democratic Party|votes11=28519 |cand12=Arthur Nwankwo|party12=People's Mandate Party|votes12=24164 |cand13=Emmanuel Okereke|party13=African Liberation Party|votes13=22677 |cand14=Lawrence Adedoyin|party14=African Political System|votes14=22409 |cand15=Habu Fari|party15=[[National Democratic Party (Nigeria)|National Democratic Party]]|votes15=21974 |cand16=Galtima Liman|party16=[[New Nigeria Peoples Party]]|votes16=21665 |cand17=Maxi Okwu|party17=Citizens Popular Party|votes17=14027 |cand18=Sunny Okogwu|party18=Republican Party of Nigeria|votes18=13566 |cand19=[[Bartholomew Nnaji]]|party19=Better Nigeria Party|votes19=11705 |cand20=Emmanuel Obayuwana|party20=[[National Conscience Party]]|votes20=8229 |cand21=Olapade Agoro|party21=National Action Council|votes21=5752 |cand22=Akpone Solomon|party22=National Majority Democratic Party|votes22=5664 |cand23=Isa Odidi|party23=New Democrats|votes23=5408 |cand24=Aminu Abubakar|party24=National Unity Party|votes24=4355 |cand25=[[Mojisola Adekunle-Obasanjo|Mojisola Obasanjo]]|party25=Nigerian Masses Movement|votes25=4309 |electorate=61567036 |source=[http://africanelections.tripod.com/ng.html#2007_Presidential_Election African Elections Database] }} ===Senate=== {{Election results |image=[[File:Nigerian Senate 2007.svg]] |party1=[[People's Democratic Party (Nigeria)|People's Democratic Party]]|votes1=|seats1=85|sc1= |party2=[[All Nigeria Peoples Party]]|votes2=|seats2=16|sc2= |party3=[[Action Congress of Nigeria|Action Congress]]|votes3=|seats3=6|sc3= |party4=[[Progressive Peoples Alliance]]|votes4=|seats4=1|sc4= |party5=[[Accord (Nigeria)|Accord]]|votes5=|seats5=1|sc5= |party6=[[Labour Party (Nigeria)|Labour Party]]|votes6=|seats6=0|sc6= |total_sc=0 |source=[http://archive.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/2364_07.htm IPU] }} ===House of Representatives=== {{Election results |image=[[File:Nigerian House 2007.svg]] |party1=[[People's Democratic Party (Nigeria)|People's Democratic Party]]|votes1=|seats1=262|sc1= |party2=[[All Nigeria Peoples Party]]|votes2=|seats2=62|sc2= |party3=[[Action Congress of Nigeria|Action Congress]]|votes3=|seats3=32|sc3= |party4=[[Progressive Peoples Alliance]]|votes4=|seats4=3|sc4= |party5=[[Labour Party (Nigeria)|Labour Party]]|votes5=|seats5=1|sc5= |party6=[[Accord (Nigeria)|Accord]]|votes6=|seats6=0|sc6= |total_sc=0 |source=[http://archive.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/2363_07.htm IPU] }} ==== Results by state ==== * [[2007 Nigerian House of Representatives elections in Bayelsa State|Bayelsa State]] * [[2007 Nigerian House of Representatives elections in the Federal Capital Territory|Federal Capital Territory]] * [[2007 Nigerian House of Representatives elections in Kwara State|Kwara State]] * [[2007 Nigerian House of Representatives elections in Nasarawa State|Nasarawa State]] * [[2007 Nigerian House of Representatives elections in Taraba State|Taraba State]] ===State elections=== After the death of Chief M.K.O Abiola, the ruling PDP won 26 of the 32 states, according to INEC, including [[Kaduna State]] and [[Katsina State]], where the results were contested by the local population; the election will have to be rerun in [[Imo State]] and [[Enugu State]] due to complications.<ref>Barry Moody, [http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L16160690.htm "Nigeria court clears way for late presidential bid"], [[Reuters]] (Alertnet.org), 16 April 2007.</ref> By the last count, Obasanjo's PDP party had won 29 of 33 states so far declared, with [[Human Rights Watch]] describing the [[vote-rigging]] as "shameless".<ref>[http://www.economist.com/world/africa/displaystory.cfm?story_id=9050948 "How to steal yet another election"], ''The Economist'', 19 April 2007.</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. 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