Nigerian parliamentary election, 1979

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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.^[1] It formed a coalition with the Nigerian People's Party in order to gain a majority.^[2] Voter turnout was just 30.7% in the House election.^[3]

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.^[4]

Results

Senate

Party	Votes	%	Seats
National Party of Nigeria	4,032,329	32.7	36
Unity Party of Nigeria	2,835,362	23.0	28
Nigerian People's Party	2,145,859	17.4	16
Greater Nigerian People's Party	1,847,019	15.0	8
People's Redemption Party	1,453,538	11.8	7
Invalid/blank votes		-	-
Total	12,532,195		95
Source: Nohlen et al.

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: The Nigerian 1979 Elections^[5]

House of Representatives

Party	Votes	%	Seats
National Party of Nigeria	5,325,680	35.6	168
Unity Party of Nigeria	3,691,553	24.6	111
Nigerian People's Party	2,391,279	16.0	78
People's Redemption Party			49
Greater Nigerian People's Party			43
Invalid/blank votes		-	-
Total	14,941,555	100	449
Source: Nohlen et al.

Results 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: The Nigerian 1979 Elections^[6]

References

↑ Elections in Nigeria African Elections Database
↑ Nigeria Inter-Parliamentary Union
↑ Nohlen, D, Krennerich, M & Thibaut, B (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p707 ISBN 0-19-829645-2
↑ Oyediran, Oyeleye (1981). The Nigerian 1979 elections. Illupeju, Lagos: Macmillan Nigeria. ISBN 0333317858. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ Oyediran, Oyeleye (1981). The Nigerian 1979 elections. Illupeju, Lagos: Macmillan Nigeria. ISBN 0333317858. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ Oyediran, Oyeleye (1981). The Nigerian 1979 elections. Illupeju, Lagos: Macmillan Nigeria. ISBN 0333317858. |access-date= requires |url= (help)

Elections in Nigeria

Presidential elections	1979 1983 1993 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

House elections	1923 1928 1933 1938 1943 1947 1954 1959 1964 1979 1983 1992 1998 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Senate elections	1979 1983 1992 1998 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Regional elections	1951 1953 1954 1956−57 1960−61 1964 British Cameroons: 1959 1961

Local elections	1950 1953

Referendums	1959 1961

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