Democracy in Nigeria

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Democracy Ratings

Freedom House 2018	Score: 4 out of 7 (where lower scores are more democratic)	Freedom Status: Partly Free
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
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

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