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Nigeria

Nigeria

PartialSovereign state

Nigeria

Primary executive

Complete

Editorial profile v1

Verified country brief

Versioned editorial facts take priority over database records on this country page.

completeAug 10, 2026

Next election

Scheduled

2027 Nigerian presidential and National Assembly election

Jan 16, 2027 · General election

Electoral system
The President is elected by direct vote subject to nationwide plurality and constitutional geographic-distribution requirements.
Independent National Electoral Commission - Upcoming elections

Latest election

Completed

2023 Nigerian presidential election

Feb 25, 2023 · Presidential election

Electoral system
Direct vote requiring the highest nationwide total and the constitutional geographic distribution of support.
Published result
Bola Ahmed Tinubu · 36.6%; Atiku Abubakar · 29.1%; Peter Gregory Obi · 25.4%
Independent National Electoral Commission - 2023 general election report

Indexed party landscape

Parties and alliances currently indexed for this jurisdiction. Active and historical labels reflect the source dataset, not an official national register.

Partial
Tracked parties
106
Active in source
6
Historical in source
15
parties shown
100
More parties (88)

Elections

Partial

2011 Nigerian presidential election

Presidential election · Head of state

Apr 16, 2011

Completed

2007 Nigerian general election

General election · Other contest

Apr 21, 2007

Completed

2003 Nigerian presidential election

Presidential election · Head of state

Apr 19, 2003

Completed

1999 Nigerian presidential election

Presidential election · Head of state

Feb 27, 1999

Completed

1999 Nigerian parliamentary election

Parliamentary election · Legislative

Feb 20, 1999

Completed

1998 Nigerian parliamentary election

Parliamentary election · Legislative

Apr 25, 1998

Completed

1992 Nigerian parliamentary election

Parliamentary election · Legislative

Jul 4, 1992

Completed

1964 Mid-West Region legislative election

Parliamentary election · Legislative

Jan 1, 1964

Completed

1961 Eastern Region legislative election

Parliamentary election · Legislative

Nov 16, 1961

Completed

1959 Nigerian general election

Parliamentary election · Legislative

Dec 12, 1959

Completed

Candidates

Partial

Sources

9

  1. 1State House of Nigeria - President Bola Ahmed Tinubucitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
  2. 2State House of Nigeria - First inaugural address by President Bola Ahmed Tinubucitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
  3. 3National Assembly of Nigeria - Structure of the National Assemblycitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
  4. 4Independent National Electoral Commission - 2023 general election reportcitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
  5. 5Independent National Electoral Commission - Upcoming electionscitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
  6. 6State House of Nigeria - 2026 budget speechcitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
  7. 7Inter-American Development Bank Database of Political Institutions 2023CC-BY-4.0 · Aug 9, 2026
  8. 8WikidataCC0-1.0 · Aug 9, 2026
  9. 9Unicode Common Locale Data RepositoryUnicode-3.0 · Aug 9, 2026

Political world map

Western Africa

Senegal. Primary executive: Bassirou Diomaye Faye. PartialMali. Primary executive: Assimi Goïta. PartialMauritania. Primary executive: Mohamed Ould Ghazouani. PartialBenin. Primary executive: Romuald Wadagni. PartialNiger. Primary executive: Abdourahamane Tchiani. PartialNigeria. Primary executive: Bola Ahmed Tinubu. PartialTogo. Primary executive: Jean-Lucien Savi de Tové. PartialGhana. Primary executive: John Mahama. PartialCôte d’Ivoire. Primary executive: Alassane Ouattara. PartialGuinea. Primary executive: Mamady Doumbouya. PartialGuinea-Bissau. Primary executive: Horta Inta-A Na Man. PartialLiberia. Primary executive: Joseph Boakai. PartialSierra Leone. Primary executive: Julius Maada Bio. PartialBurkina Faso. Primary executive: Ibrahim Traoré. PartialGambia. Primary executive: Adama Barrow. Partial
NigeriaPrimary executive: Bola Ahmed TinubuPartial
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Listed without map geometry (2)

Boundaries and names shown on this map do not imply a position by CiviOrg. Small territories without geometry remain available in the index.