1983 Nigerian presidential election

none June 2026 December 2019 Nigeria presidential 1979 Nigerian presidential election 1979 1993 Nigerian presidential election 1993 6 August 1983 130x130px President Sharari cropped.jpg Shehu Shagari 11 NPN Alex Ekwueme 6f8ed1 12,081,471 47.51% Obafemi Awolowo Drawing (cropped).jpg Obafemi Awolowo UPN Muhammad Kura 5 D82628 7,907,209 31.09% 2 Nnamdi Azikiwe PC (cropped).jpg Nnamdi Azikiwe NPP Shettima MustafaHart Christopher 1993 The Nigerian Elections of 1983 https://www.jstor.org/stable/1161428 Africa: Journal of the International African Institute 63 3 401 10.2307/1161428 0001-9720 subscription 028c3b 3,557,113 13.99% Map of the 1983 Nigerian presidential election.svg Results by state President Shehu Shagari NPN Shehu Shagari NPN Presidential elections were held in Nigeria on 6 August 1983. The result was a victory for incumbent Shehu Shagari, who received 48% of the vote.Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p716 0-19-829645-2May Clifford D. 11 August 1989 NIGERIAN PRESIDENT ELECTED TO A SECOND TERM 6 New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/1983/08/11/world/nigerian-president-elected-to-a-second-term.html His National Party of Nigeria won the parliamentary elections held later in the month.Elections in Nigeria https://web.archive.org/web/20211021194836/https://africanelections.tripod.com/ng.html 21 October 2021 African Elections Database Results Shehu Shagari National Party of Nigeria 12081471 Obafemi Awolowo Unity Party of Nigeria 7907209 Nnamdi Azikiwe Nigerian People's Party 3557113 Khalifa Hassan Yusuf People's Redemption Party 968974 Waziri Ibrahim Great Nigeria People's Party 643806 Tunji Braithwaite Nigeria Advance Party 271524 65304818 Nohlen et al. Aftermath The aftermath of the election when Shehu Shagari was announced as the winner,came along with violence and civil unrest in Southwestern part of the country like Oyo and Ondo state.https://eu-opensci.org/index.php/ejdevelop/article/view/15027Oluwaseun Oyewale Duyile Abiodun 2021-07-06 Political Parties, Violent and Culture of Electioneering Protest in South-Western Nigeria: The 1983 Experience https://www.researchgate.net/publication/353891201_Political_Parties_Violent_and_Culture_of_Electioneering_Protest_in_South-Western_Nigeria_The_1983_Experience European Journal of Development Studies 1 22–28 10.24018/ejdevelop.2021.1.2.27 free References Nigeria Category:Presidential elections in Nigeria Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results Presidential