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1979 Nigerian parliamentary election
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. It formed a coalition with the Nigerian People's Party in order to gain a majority. Voter turnout was just 30.7% in the House election.
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.
Results
Senate
Results by state
| State | NPN | UPN | NPP | GNPP | PRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anambra | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Bauchi | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bendel | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Benue | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Borno | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Cross River | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Gongola | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Imo | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Kaduna | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Kano | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Kwara | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lagos | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Niger | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ogun | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ondo | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oyo | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Plateau | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Rivers | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Sokoto | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Source: Oyediran |
House of Representatives
By state
| State | NPN | UPN | NPP | GNPP | PRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anambra | 3 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| Bauchi | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Bendel | 6 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Benue | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Borno | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| Cross River | 22 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Gongola | 5 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| Imo | 2 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| Kaduna | 19 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| Kano | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 |
| Kwara | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Lagos | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Niger | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ogun | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ondo | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oyo | 4 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Plateau | 3 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| Rivers | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Sokoto | 31 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Source: Oyediran |
References
References
- [http://africanelections.tripod.com/ng.html Elections in Nigeria] African Elections Database
- [http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/NIGERIA_1979_E.PDF Nigeria] Inter-Parliamentary Union
- [[Dieter Nohlen]], Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) ''Elections in Africa: A data handbook'', p707 {{ISBN. 0-19-829645-2
- (1981). "The Nigerian 1979 elections". Macmillan Nigeria.
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