1964 Nigerian general election

none December 2019 August 2026 Parliamentary elections were held in Nigeria on 30 December 1964, although they were not held until 18 March 1965 in some constituencies in Eastern Region, Lagos, and Mid-Western Region due to a boycott in December. The election saw most parties run as part of alliances, the Nigerian National Alliance (the Northern People's Congress, the Nigerian National Democratic Party, the Midwest Democratic Front, the Dynamic Party, the Niger Delta Congress, the Lagos State United Front and the Republican Party) and the United Progressive Grand Alliance (the National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons, Action Group, the Northern Progressive Front, the Kano People's Party, the Northern Elements Progressive Union, the United Middle Belt Congress and the Zamfara Commoners Party). The result was a victory for the Northern People's Congress, which won 162 of the 312 seats in the House of Representatives, whilst the NNA held a total of 198 seats. Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa was re-elected Prime Minister of Nigeria.Elections in Nigeria https://web.archive.org/web/20111108050849/http://africanelections.tripod.com/ng.html 8 November 2011 African Elections Database However, the election was marked by manipulation and violence.Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p707 0-19-829645-2Serra Gerardo Jerven Morten 2021 Contested Numbers: Census Controversies and the Press in 1960s Nigeria https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-african-history/article/contested-numbers-census-controversies-and-the-press-in-1960s-nigeria/D8667033797D224F5FEEB4535D7419F4 The Journal of African History en 62 2 235–253 10.1017/S0021853721000438 0021-8537http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article105821173 NIGERIA Turmoil reigns in first poll The Canberra Times 39 11,042 Australian Capital Territory, Australia 1 January 1965 8 June 2026 5 National Library of Australia Results Northern People's Congress 2168007 162 +28 National Council of Nigerian Citizens 1640700 84 +3 Nigerian National Democratic Party 870833 36 New Action Group 494730 21 −52 Northern Progressive Front 258913 4 New Midwest Democratic Front 93161 0 New Dynamic Party 42834 0 New Republican Party 25831 0 New Socialist Workers and Farmers Party 20347 0 New Niger Delta Congress 17798 0 New Independents 128329 5 New 0 African Elections Database,African Elections Database Nohlen et al. References Nigeria General Category:Parliamentary elections in Nigeria Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results Category:Electoral violence