Nigerian presidential election, 1983

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Presidential elections were held in Nigeria on 6 August 1983. The result was a victory for incumbent Shehu Shagari, who won 47.5% of the vote.^[1] His National Party of Nigeria had won the parliamentary elections held later in August.^[2]

Results

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Shehu Shagari	National Party of Nigeria	12,081,471	47.5
Obafemi Awolowo	Unity Party of Nigeria	7,907,209	31.2
Nnamdi Azikiwe	Nigerian People's Party	3,557,113	14.0
Aminu Kano	People's Redemption Party	968,974	3.8
Waziri Ibrahim	Greater Nigerian People's Party	643,806	2.5
Tunji Braithwaite	Nigeria Advance Party	271,524	1.0
Total		25,430,097	100

References

1. ^ Nohlen, D, Krennerich, M & Thibaut, B (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p716 ISBN 0198296452
2. ^ Elections in Nigeria African Elections Database