1979 Nigerian presidential election

1979 Nigerian presidential election
11 August 1979
 
Nominee Shehu Shagari Obafemi Awolowo Nnamdi Azikiwe
Party NPN UPN NPP
Running mate Alex Ekwueme Philip Umeadi Ishaya Audu
States carried 9 5 3
Popular vote 5,688,857 4,916,551 2,822,523
Percentage 33.77% 29.18% 16.75%
States won by Shagari (in blue), Awolowo (in red), Azikiwe (in green), Kano (in orange) and Ibrahim (in yellow)
President before election

Olusegun Obasanjo

 Elected President

Shehu Shagari
NPN

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.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.