Political Parties and Elections
For other political parties see List of political parties in Nigeria. An overview on elections and election results is included in Elections in Nigeria.| Candidates – Parties | Parties | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Umaru Yar'Adua | Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) | 24,638,063 | 69.82 |
| Muhammadu Buhari | All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) | 6,605,299 | 18.72 |
| Atiku Abubakar | Action Congress (AC) | 2,637,848 | 7.47 |
| Orji Uzor Kalu | Progressive Peoples Alliance | 608,803 | 1.73 |
| Attahiru Bafarawa | Democratic Peoples Party (DPP) | 289,324 | 0.82 |
| Chukwuemeka Odimegwu Ojukwu | All Progressives Grand Alliance | 155,947 | 0.44 |
| Pere Ajuwa | Alliance for Democracy (AD) | 89,241 | 0.25 |
| Chris Okotie | Fresh Democratic Party | 74,049 | 0.21 |
| Patrick Utomi | African Democratic Congress (ADC) | 50,849 | 0.14 |
| Ambrose Owuru | Hope Democratic Party | 28,519 | 0.08 |
| Emmanuel Okereke | African Liberation Party (ALP) | 22,677 | 0.06 |
| Lawrence Adedoyin | African Political System (APS) | 22,409 | 0.06 |
| Habu Fari | National Democratic Party | 21,934 | 0.06 |
| Maxi Okwu | Citizens Popular Party (CPP) | 14,027 | 0.04 |
| Bartholomew Nnaji | Better Nigeria Party | 11,705 | 0.03 |
| Emmanuel Obayuwana | National Conscience Party | 8,229 | 0.02 |
| Olapade Agoro | National Action Council | 5,752 | 0.02 |
| Mojisola Obasanjo | Nigerian Masses Movement | 4,309 | 0.01 |
| Parties | House of Representatives | Senate | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |
| People's Democratic Party | 260 | 85 | ||||
| All Nigeria Peoples Party | 62 | 16 | ||||
| Action Congress | 32 | 6 | ||||
| Progressive Peoples Alliance | 3 | 1 | ||||
| Labour Party | 1 | |||||
| Accord | 1 | |||||
| Total | 360 | 109 | ||||
| Source: IPU Parline | ||||||
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