Democracy Ratings
Freedom House 2018 |
Score: 4 out of 7 (where lower scores are more democratic) |
Freedom Status: Partly Free |
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EIU Democracy Index 2017 |
Score: 4.44 out of 10 (where higher scores are more democratic) |
World Ranking: 109 |
Polity IV 2016 |
Score: 7 (from -10 to 10, where higher scores are more democratic) |
Category: Open Anocracy |
Political System
System of Government | Presidential |
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Presidential Electoral System | Two-round system
(Declared in first round if president earns at least 25% of vote in two-thirds of Nigeria’s states) |
Last Presidential Election | 2015 |
Next Presidential Election | 2019 |
Presidential Term Limits | Two, four-year terms. |
System of Appointment to Legislature | Lower Chamber: elected in single-member constituencies through first past the post system
Upper Chamber: indirectly elected by senatorial districts (each state is divided into three, bar the Federal Capital Territory, which only elects one representative) |
Last Legislative Election |
2015 |
Next Legislative Election |
2019 |
Number of Seats in Legislature | Lower Chamber: 360
Upper Chamber: 109 |
Female quota, representation in lower house | No |
Results
Last presidential election (2015) | ||
Candidate (Party) | Votes (%) | |
1st round | 2nd round not needed | |
Muhammadu Buhari | 54 | |
Goodluck Jonathan | 45 | |
Adebayo Ayeni | 0 | |
Ganiyu Galadima | 0 | |
Sam Eke | 0 | |
Rufus Salau | 0 | |
Mani Ahmad | 0 | |
Allagoa Chinedu | 0 | |
Martin Onovo | 0 | |
Tunde Anifowose-Kelani | 0 | |
Chekwas Okorie | 0 | |
Comfort Sonaiya | 0 | |
Godson Okoye | 0 | |
Ambrose Albert Owuru | 0 |
Last legislative election (2015) | ||
Party | Votes (%) | Seats |
All Progressives Congress | 225 | |
People’s Democratic Party | 125 | |
Other parties | 10 |