Nigerian presidential election, 1979

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Presidential elections were held in Nigeria for the first time on 11 August 1979. The result was a victory for Shehu Shagari, whose National Party of Nigeria had won the parliamentary elections in July.^[1]

Results

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Shehu Shagari	National Party of Nigeria	5,668,857	33.77
Obafemi Awolowo	Unity Party of Nigeria	4,916,651	29.18
Nnamdi Azikiwe	Nigerian People's Party	2,822,523	16.75
Aminu Kano	People's Redemption Party	1,732,113	10.28
Waziri Ibrahim	Greater Nigerian People's Party	1,686,489	10.02
Total		16,846,633	100

References

1. ^ Elections in Nigeria African Elections Database