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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 |