1979 Nigerian parliamentary election

December 2019 August 2026 none Parliamentary elections were held in Nigeria on 7 July 1979 for the first time since 1964 to elect a Senate and House of Representatives on 14 July. The result was a victory for the National Party of Nigeria, which won 36 of the 95 Senate seats and 168 of the 449 House seats.Elections in Nigeria https://web.archive.org/web/20111108050849/http://africanelections.tripod.com/ng.html 8 November 2011 African Elections Database It formed a coalition with the Nigerian People's Party in order to gain a majority.Nigeria Inter-Parliamentary Union Voter turnout was just 30.7% in the House election.Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p707 0-19-829645-2 Electoral system Members of both houses were elected using the single-member plurality electoral system. Each State was divided into five districts, each of which elected a Senator. Each State was also allocated a number of seats in the House of Representatives based on its proportion of the population.Oyediran Oyeleye The Nigerian 1979 elections https://archive.org/details/nigerian1979elec00oyed registration 1981 Macmillan Nigeria Illupeju, Lagos 0333317858 Results Senate National Party of Nigeria 4032329 36 Unity Party of Nigeria 2835362 28 Nigerian People's Party 2145859 16 Great Nigeria People's Party 1847019 8 People's Redemption Party 1453538 7 12532195 48633782 Nohlen et al. Results by state StateNPNUPNNPPGNPPPRPAnambra00500Bauchi50000Bendel14000Benue50000Borno10040Cross River30020Gongola12020Imo00500Kaduna30002Kano00005Kwara32000Lagos05000Niger50000Ogun05000Ondo05000Oyo05000Plateau10400Rivers30200Sokoto50000Source: Oyediran House of Representatives National Party of Nigeria 5325680 35.6 168 Unity Party of Nigeria 3691553 24.6 111 Nigerian People's Party 2391279 16.0 78 People's Redemption Party 49 Great Nigeria People's Party 43 14941555 48633782 Nohlen et al. By state StateNPNUPNNPPGNPPPRPAnambra302600Bauchi180110Bendel612200Benue180100Borno200220Cross River222040Gongola57180Imo202800Kaduna1912110Kano700039Kwara85010Lagos012000Niger100000Ogun012000Ondo022000Oyo438000Plateau301300Rivers100400Sokoto310060Source: Oyediran References Nigeria Parliamentary Category:Parliamentary elections in Nigeria Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results