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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 125%;"><div style="padding-top:0.3em; padding-bottom:0.3em; border-top:2px solid #006903; border-bottom:2px solid #006903; line-height: 1;"><div class="fn org">Peoples Democratic Party</div> </div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image logo" style="padding-top:.4em;padding-bottom:.3em;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Logo_of_the_Peoples_Democratic_Party_(Nigeria).png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/Logo_of_the_Peoples_Democratic_Party_%28Nigeria%29.png/200px-Logo_of_the_Peoples_Democratic_Party_%28Nigeria%29.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="200" class="mw-file-element" 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Taofeek Arapaja</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">National Secretary</th><td class="infobox-data agent" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Anyanwu" title="Samuel Anyanwu">Samuel Anyanwu</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Chairman of <a href="/wiki/PDP_Governors_Forum" title="PDP Governors Forum">Governors Forum</a></th><td class="infobox-data agent" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Bala_Mohammed" title="Bala Mohammed">Bala Mohammed</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;">1998<span class="noprint">; 26 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1998</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Wadata Plaza, Michael Okpara Way, Wuse Zone 5, <a href="/wiki/Abuja" title="Abuja">Abuja</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_ideologies" title="List of political ideologies">Ideology</a></th><td class="infobox-data category" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Conservatism" title="Conservatism">Conservatism</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Political_spectrum" title="Political spectrum">Political position</a></th><td class="infobox-data category" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Centre-right" class="mw-redirect" title="Centre-right">Centre-right</a><sup id="cite_ref-taipei_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-taipei-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Regional affiliation</th><td class="infobox-data category" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Democrat_Union_of_Africa" title="Democrat Union of Africa">Democrat Union of Africa</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Colours</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#006903; color:white;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FFFFFF; color:black;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#F0001C; color:black;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Green" title="Green">Green</a>, <a href="/wiki/White" title="White">white</a>, <a href="/wiki/Red" title="Red">red</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Slogan</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><i><a href="/wiki/Power_to_the_people_(slogan)" title="Power to the people (slogan)">Power to the people</a></i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Seats in the <a href="/wiki/Senate_(Nigeria)" class="mw-redirect" title="Senate (Nigeria)">Senate</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">36 / 109</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #006903; width: 33%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Seats in the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Representatives_(Nigeria)" title="House of Representatives (Nigeria)">House</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">118 / 360</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #006903; width: 33%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_state_governors_of_Nigeria" class="mw-redirect" title="List of state governors of Nigeria">Governorships</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">13 / 36</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #006903; width: 36%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.3em;">Seats in state <a href="/wiki/Houses_of_Assembly_of_Nigerian_states" class="mw-redirect" title="Houses of Assembly of Nigerian states">Houses of Assembly</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">329 / 991</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #006903; width: 33%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="line-height: 0.8em;">Website</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://peoplesdemocraticparty.com.ng/">peoplesdemocraticparty<wbr />.com<wbr />.ng</a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="padding-top:0;"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist .mw-empty-li{display:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dt::after{content:": "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li::after{content:" · ";font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li:last-child::after{content:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:first-child::before{content:" (";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li 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href="/wiki/Multi-party_system" title="Multi-party system">two</a> <a href="/wiki/Major_party" title="Major party">major</a> contemporary <a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Nigeria" title="List of political parties in Nigeria">political parties in Nigeria</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> along with its main rival, the <a href="/wiki/All_Progressives_Congress" title="All Progressives Congress">All Progressives Congress</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-PDP2010_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PDP2010-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Its policies generally lie towards the <a href="/wiki/Centre-right" class="mw-redirect" title="Centre-right">centre-right</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Political_spectrum" title="Political spectrum">political spectrum</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-taipei_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-taipei-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It won every <a href="/wiki/Presidential_election" title="Presidential election">presidential election</a> between 1999 and 2011. Until the <a href="/wiki/Nigerian_presidential_election,_2015" class="mw-redirect" title="Nigerian presidential election, 2015">2015 elections</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> it was the governing party in the <a href="/wiki/Nigerian_Fourth_Republic" class="mw-redirect" title="Nigerian Fourth Republic">Fourth Republic</a>, although sometimes amid a few controversial electoral circumstances.<sup id="cite_ref-krepub_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-krepub-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peoples_Democratic_Party_(Nigeria)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wadata_plaza,_Abuja.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Wadata_plaza%2C_Abuja.jpg/220px-Wadata_plaza%2C_Abuja.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Wadata_plaza%2C_Abuja.jpg/330px-Wadata_plaza%2C_Abuja.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Wadata_plaza%2C_Abuja.jpg/440px-Wadata_plaza%2C_Abuja.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="667" /></a><figcaption>PDP National Headquarters, Abuja</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1998, the PDP in its first presidential primary election held in <a href="/wiki/Jos" title="Jos">Jos</a>, <a href="/wiki/Plateau_State" title="Plateau State">Plateau State</a>, North Central Nigeria nominated former military leader <a href="/wiki/Olusegun_Obasanjo" title="Olusegun Obasanjo">Olusegun Obasanjo</a> who had just been released from detention as <a href="/wiki/Political_prisoner" title="Political prisoner">political prisoner</a><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as the presidential candidate in the elections of February 1999, with <a href="/wiki/Atiku_Abubakar" title="Atiku Abubakar">Atiku Abubakar</a> (Governor-Elect of <a href="/wiki/Adamawa_State" title="Adamawa State">Adamawa State</a> and a former leading member of the <a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_Party_(Nigeria)" title="Social Democratic Party (Nigeria)">Social Democratic Party</a>) as his running mate. They won the presidential election and were inaugurated 29 May 1999.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/Nigerian_legislative_election,_2003" class="mw-redirect" title="Nigerian legislative election, 2003">legislative election</a> held on 12 April 2003, the party won 54.5% of the popular vote and 223 out of 360 seats in the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Representatives_of_Nigeria" class="mw-redirect" title="House of Representatives of Nigeria">House of Representatives</a>, and 76 out of 109 seats in the <a href="/wiki/Senate_of_Nigeria" title="Senate of Nigeria">Senate</a>. Its candidate in the presidential election of 19 April 2003, Olusegun Obasanjo, was re-elected with 61.9% of the vote.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In December 2006, <a href="/wiki/Umaru_Musa_Yar%27Adua" title="Umaru Musa Yar'Adua">Umaru Yar'Adua</a> (formerly of the Peoples Redemption Party and the <a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_Party_(Nigeria)" title="Social Democratic Party (Nigeria)">Social Democratic Party</a>) was chosen as the presidential candidate of the ruling PDP for the <a href="/wiki/Nigerian_general_election,_2007" class="mw-redirect" title="Nigerian general election, 2007">April 2007 general election</a>, receiving 3,024 votes from party delegates; his closest rival, <a href="/wiki/Rochas_Okorocha" title="Rochas Okorocha">Rochas Okorocha</a>, received only 372 votes.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Yar'Adua was eventually declared the winner of the 2007 general elections, held on April 21, and was sworn in on May 29, 2007, amid widespread allegations of <a href="/wiki/Electoral_fraud" title="Electoral fraud">electoral fraud</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the <a href="/wiki/Nigerian_National_Assembly" class="mw-redirect" title="Nigerian National Assembly">Nigerian National Assembly</a> election, the party won 260 out of 360 seats in the <a href="/wiki/Nigerian_House_of_Representatives" class="mw-redirect" title="Nigerian House of Representatives">House of Representatives</a> and 85 out of 109 seats in the <a href="/wiki/Nigerian_Senate" class="mw-redirect" title="Nigerian Senate">Senate</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the PDP's 2008 National Convention, it chose Prince <a href="/wiki/Vincent_Eze_Ogbulafor" title="Vincent Eze Ogbulafor">Vincent Ogbulafor</a> as its National Chairman on March 8, 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Grip_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Grip-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ogbulafor, who was the PDP's National Secretary from 2001 to 2005, was the party's consensus choice for the position of National Chairman, selected as an alternative to the rival leading candidates <a href="/wiki/Sam_Egwu" title="Sam Egwu">Sam Egwu</a> (who was backed by Obasanjo) and <a href="/wiki/Anyim_Pius_Anyim" title="Anyim Pius Anyim">Anyim Pius Anyim</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> All 26 other candidates, including Egwu and Anyim, withdrew in favor of Ogbulafor. Meanwhile, Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraje was elected as National Secretary.<sup id="cite_ref-Grip_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Grip-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2011, after the Peoples Democratic Party saw members defect for the <a href="/wiki/Action_Congress_of_Nigeria" title="Action Congress of Nigeria">Action Congress of Nigeria</a>, some political commentators suspected that the PDP would lose the Presidency.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following PDP candidate <a href="/wiki/Goodluck_Jonathan" title="Goodluck Jonathan">Goodluck Jonathan</a>'s victory in the 2011 elections, it was reported that there were violent protests from northern youth.<sup id="cite_ref-Economist_violence_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Economist_violence-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Slogans">Slogans</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peoples_Democratic_Party_(Nigeria)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Slogans"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The longtime slogan of the Peoples Democratic Party has been "<a href="/wiki/Power_to_the_people_(slogan)" title="Power to the people (slogan)">Power to the people</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the party's <a href="/wiki/2016_PDP_National_Convention" title="2016 PDP National Convention">National Convention</a> in <a href="/wiki/Port_Harcourt" title="Port Harcourt">Port Harcourt</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rivers_State" title="Rivers State">Rivers State</a> on 21 May 2016, <a href="/wiki/David_Mark" title="David Mark">David Mark</a>, a former <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Senate_of_Nigeria" title="President of the Senate of Nigeria">President of the Senate of Nigeria</a>, introduced "Change the change" as the party's campaign slogan for the 2019 general elections.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, in 2018, the chairman of the party's board of trustees stated that neither the slogan nor the party's umbrella symbol would be changed. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_ideology">Political ideology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peoples_Democratic_Party_(Nigeria)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Political ideology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The party has a <a href="/wiki/Neoliberalism" title="Neoliberalism">neoliberal</a> stance in its economic policies and maintains a <a href="/wiki/Conservatism" title="Conservatism">conservative</a> stance on certain social issues, such as <a href="/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_Nigeria" class="mw-redirect" title="Same-sex marriage in Nigeria">same-sex relations</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Economic_issues">Economic issues</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peoples_Democratic_Party_(Nigeria)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Economic issues"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The PDP favors <a href="/wiki/Free-market" class="mw-redirect" title="Free-market">free-market</a> policies which support <a href="/wiki/Economic_liberalism" title="Economic liberalism">economic liberalism</a>, and limited government regulation. In 2003, President <a href="/wiki/Olusegun_Obasanjo" title="Olusegun Obasanjo">Olusegun Obasanjo</a> and Finance Minister <a href="/wiki/Ngozi_Okonjo-Iweala" title="Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala">Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala</a> embarked on an economic reform program, which reduced government spending through <a href="/wiki/Conservative_fiscal" class="mw-redirect" title="Conservative fiscal">conservative fiscal</a> policies and saw the <a href="/wiki/Deregulation" title="Deregulation">deregulation</a> and <a href="/wiki/Privatization" title="Privatization">privatization</a> of numerous industries in Nigerian services sector — notably the <a href="/wiki/Nigerian_Telecommunications" class="mw-redirect" title="Nigerian Telecommunications">Nigerian Telecommunications</a> (NITEL) industry.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On the other hand, the PDP adopts a more leftist stance towards poverty and welfare. In 2005, President Obasanjo launched Nigeria's first <a href="/wiki/National_Health_Insurance_Scheme_(Nigeria)" class="mw-redirect" title="National Health Insurance Scheme (Nigeria)">National Health Insurance Scheme</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nhis.gov.ng/">NHIS</a>) to ensure that every Nigerian has access to basic health care services.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The PDP strives to maintain the status quo on oil revenue distribution. Though the PDP government set up the <a href="/wiki/Niger_Delta_Development_Commission" title="Niger Delta Development Commission">Niger Delta Development Commission</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nddc.gov.ng/">NDDC</a>) to address the needs of the oil-producing <a href="/wiki/Niger_Delta" title="Niger Delta">Niger Delta</a> states, it has rebuffed repeated efforts to revert to the 50% to 50% federal-to-state government revenue allocation agreement established in 1966 during the <a href="/wiki/Nigerian_First_Republic" class="mw-redirect" title="Nigerian First Republic">First Republic</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Social_issues">Social issues</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peoples_Democratic_Party_(Nigeria)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Social issues"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The PDP is against same-sex relations, and favors <a href="/wiki/Social_conservatism" title="Social conservatism">social conservatism</a> on moral and religious grounds. In 2007, the PDP-dominated <a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_of_Nigeria" class="mw-redirect" title="National Assembly of Nigeria">National Assembly</a> sponsored a bill to outlaw <a href="/wiki/Homosexuality" title="Homosexuality">homosexual</a> relations, making it punishable by law for up to 14 years in prison.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The party is a moderate advocate of <a href="/wiki/States_of_Nigeria" title="States of Nigeria">state</a>-autonomy and <a href="/wiki/Freedom_of_religion" title="Freedom of religion">religious freedom</a> for the Nigerian <a href="/wiki/States_of_Nigeria" title="States of Nigeria">states</a>. In the year 2000 the introduction of <a href="/wiki/Sharia" title="Sharia">Islamic law</a> in some states in <a href="/wiki/Northern_Nigeria" class="mw-redirect" title="Northern Nigeria">Northern Nigeria</a> triggered <a href="/wiki/Sectarian_violence" title="Sectarian violence">sectarian violence</a> in <a href="/wiki/Kaduna" title="Kaduna">Kaduna</a> and <a href="/wiki/Abia_State" title="Abia State">Abia</a> states. The PDP-led federal government refused to bow to pressure from the southern, predominantly <a href="/wiki/Christians" title="Christians">Christian</a> states to repeal the law, and instead opted for a compromise where Islamic law would only apply to <a href="/wiki/Muslims" title="Muslims">Muslims</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Tunde Ayeni, chairman of the PDP fundraising event in December 2014 who donated N2 billion was involved in the mismanagement of bank's funds.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="2015_elections">2015 elections</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peoples_Democratic_Party_(Nigeria)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 2015 elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/Nigerian_presidential_election,_2015" class="mw-redirect" title="Nigerian presidential election, 2015">2015 elections</a>, the incumbent president and PDP presidential nominee, <a href="/wiki/Goodluck_Jonathan" title="Goodluck Jonathan">Goodluck Jonathan</a>, was defeated by General <a href="/wiki/Muhammadu_Buhari" title="Muhammadu Buhari">Muhammadu Buhari</a> of the <a href="/wiki/All_Progressives_Congress" title="All Progressives Congress">All Progressives Congress</a> by 55% to 45%, losing by 2.6 million votes, out of approximately 28.6 million valid votes cast. Out of <a href="/wiki/Nigeria" title="Nigeria">Nigeria</a>'s 36 states and the <a href="/wiki/Abuja" title="Abuja">Federal Capital Territory</a>, General <a href="/wiki/Muhammadu_Buhari" title="Muhammadu Buhari">Muhammadu Buhari</a> won 21 states while President <a href="/wiki/Goodluck_Jonathan" title="Goodluck Jonathan">Goodluck Jonathan</a> won 15 states and the <a href="/wiki/Abuja" title="Abuja">Federal Capital Territory</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="2019_elections">2019 elections</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peoples_Democratic_Party_(Nigeria)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 2019 elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/Nigerian_presidential_election,_2019" class="mw-redirect" title="Nigerian presidential election, 2019">2019 elections</a>, former vice president <a href="/wiki/Atiku_Abubakar" title="Atiku Abubakar">Atiku Abubakar</a> and PDP presidential candidate together with his party rejected the outcome of the elections as <a href="/wiki/Independent_National_Electoral_Commission" title="Independent National Electoral Commission">INEC</a> was yet to conclude the process and make an official pronouncement. On the 25th of February, PDP National Party Chair, <a href="/wiki/Prince_Uche_Secondus" class="mw-redirect" title="Prince Uche Secondus">Prince Uche Secondus</a> alleged that the result as announced by INEC were incorrect.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:PDP_supporters_in_Wadata_plaza,_Abuja3.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/PDP_supporters_in_Wadata_plaza%2C_Abuja3.jpg/220px-PDP_supporters_in_Wadata_plaza%2C_Abuja3.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/PDP_supporters_in_Wadata_plaza%2C_Abuja3.jpg/330px-PDP_supporters_in_Wadata_plaza%2C_Abuja3.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/PDP_supporters_in_Wadata_plaza%2C_Abuja3.jpg/440px-PDP_supporters_in_Wadata_plaza%2C_Abuja3.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="667" /></a><figcaption>PDP supporters during a political rally at the party headquarters</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="2020_elections">2020 elections</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peoples_Democratic_Party_(Nigeria)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 2020 elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Godwin_Obaseki" title="Godwin Obaseki">Godwin Obaseki</a> won re-election as governor of <a href="/wiki/Edo_State" title="Edo State">Edo State</a> on 20 September <a href="/wiki/2020_in_West_Africa" title="2020 in West Africa">2020</a> PDP with 307,955 votes, defeating sixteen opponents. Security was tight and voters took health precautions in the wake of the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Nigeria" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria">COVID-19 pandemic</a> that had infected 57,000 and killed 1,100.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Election_results">Election results</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peoples_Democratic_Party_(Nigeria)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Election results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Presidential_elections">Presidential elections</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peoples_Democratic_Party_(Nigeria)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Presidential elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th>Election </th> <th>Party candidate</th> <th>Running mate </th> <th>Votes </th> <th>% </th> <th>Result </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1999_Nigerian_presidential_election" title="1999 Nigerian presidential election">1999</a> </th> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Olusegun_Obasanjo" title="Olusegun Obasanjo">Olusegun Obasanjo</a></td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Atiku_Abubakar" title="Atiku Abubakar">Atiku Abubakar</a></td> <td>18,738,154 </td> <td>62.78% </td> <td><b>Elected</b> <span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Nigerian_presidential_election,_2003" class="mw-redirect" title="Nigerian presidential election, 2003">2003</a></th> <th>24,456,140 </th> <td>61.94% </td> <td><b>Elected</b> <span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Nigerian_presidential_election,_2007" class="mw-redirect" title="Nigerian presidential election, 2007">2007</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Umaru_Musa_Yar%27Adua" title="Umaru Musa Yar'Adua">Umaru Yar'Adua</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Goodluck_Jonathan" title="Goodluck Jonathan">Goodluck Jonathan</a></td> <td>24,638,063 </td> <td>69.82% </td> <td><b>Elected</b> <span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Nigerian_presidential_election,_2011" class="mw-redirect" title="Nigerian presidential election, 2011">2011</a> </th> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Goodluck_Jonathan" title="Goodluck Jonathan">Goodluck Jonathan</a></td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Namadi_Sambo" title="Namadi Sambo">Namadi Sambo</a></td> <td>22,495,187 </td> <td>58.89% </td> <td><b>Elected</b> <span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green tick" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display:none">Y</span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Nigerian_presidential_election,_2015" class="mw-redirect" title="Nigerian presidential election, 2015">2015</a></th> <th>12,853,162 </th> <td>44.96% </td> <td><b>Lost</b> <span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Red X" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Red_x.svg/13px-Red_x.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Red_x.svg/20px-Red_x.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Red_x.svg/26px-Red_x.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display: none;">N</span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Nigerian_general_election,_2019" class="mw-redirect" title="Nigerian general election, 2019">2019</a> </th> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Atiku_Abubakar" title="Atiku Abubakar">Atiku Abubakar</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Peter_Obi" title="Peter Obi">Peter Obi</a></td> <td>11,262,978 </td> <td>41.22% </td> <td><b>Lost</b> <span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Red X" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Red_x.svg/13px-Red_x.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Red_x.svg/20px-Red_x.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Red_x.svg/26px-Red_x.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display: none;">N</span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2023_Nigerian_presidential_election" title="2023 Nigerian presidential election">2023</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Ifeanyi_Okowa" title="Ifeanyi Okowa">Ifeanyi Okowa</a> </td> <td>6,984,520 </td> <td>29.07% </td> <td><b>Lost</b> <span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Red X" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Red_x.svg/13px-Red_x.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Red_x.svg/20px-Red_x.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Red_x.svg/26px-Red_x.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></span></span><span style="display: none;">N</span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="House_of_Representatives_and_Senate_elections">House of Representatives and Senate elections</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peoples_Democratic_Party_(Nigeria)&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: House of Representatives and Senate elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Election </th> <th colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/House_of_Representatives_(Nigeria)" title="House of Representatives (Nigeria)">House of Representatives</a> </th> <th colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Senate_(Nigeria)" class="mw-redirect" title="Senate (Nigeria)">Senate</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th>Votes </th> <th>% </th> <th>Seats </th> <th>+/– </th> <th>Position </th> <th>Votes </th> <th>% </th> <th>Seats </th> <th>+/– </th> <th>Position </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1999_Nigerian_parliamentary_election" title="1999 Nigerian parliamentary election">1999</a> </th> <td> </td> <td>57.1% </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">206 / 360</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #006903; width: 57%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 206 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1st </td> <td></td> <td>56.4% </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">59 / 109</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #006903; width: 54%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 59 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1st </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Nigerian_presidential_election,_2003" class="mw-redirect" title="Nigerian presidential election, 2003">2003</a> </th> <td>15,927,807 </td> <td>54.49% </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">223 / 360</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #006903; width: 62%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 17 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1st </td> <td>15,585,538 </td> <td>53.69% </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">76 / 109</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #006903; width: 70%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 17 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1st </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Nigerian_presidential_election,_2007" class="mw-redirect" title="Nigerian presidential election, 2007">2007</a> </th> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">262 / 360</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #006903; width: 73%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 39 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1st </td> <td></td> <td> </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">85 / 109</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #006903; width: 78%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 9 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1st </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Nigerian_presidential_election,_2011" class="mw-redirect" title="Nigerian presidential election, 2011">2011</a> </th> <td>13,312,817 </td> <td>46.63% </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">203 / 360</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #006903; width: 56%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 59 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1st </td> <td></td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Nigerian_presidential_election,_2015" class="mw-redirect" title="Nigerian presidential election, 2015">2015</a> </th> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">140 / 360</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #006903; width: 39%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 63 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 2nd </td> <td></td> <td> </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">49 / 109</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #006903; width: 45%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 15 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 2nd </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Nigerian_general_election,_2019" class="mw-redirect" title="Nigerian general election, 2019">2019</a> </th> <td>11,283,714 </td> <td>41.34% </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">115 / 360</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #006903; width: 32%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 25 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 2nd </td> <td>11,608,069</td> <td>41.87% </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">45 / 109</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #006903; width: 41%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 4 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 2nd </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2023_Nigerian_general_election" title="2023 Nigerian general election">2023</a> </th> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">119 / 360</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #006903; width: 33%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 4 </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 2nd </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">37 / 109</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #006903; width: 34%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" 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style="text-align:center;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Minor_party" title="Minor party">Other parties</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Larger <sup><small>1</small></sup></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/African_Democratic_Congress" title="African Democratic Congress">African Democratic Congress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/All_Progressives_Grand_Alliance" title="All Progressives Grand Alliance">All Progressives Grand Alliance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Nigeria_Peoples_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="New Nigeria Peoples Party">New Nigeria Peoples Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Social_Democratic_Party_(Nigeria)" title="Social Democratic Party (Nigeria)">Social Democratic Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Young_Progressives_Party" title="Young Progressives Party">Young Progressives Party</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Smaller <sup><small>2</small></sup></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Accord_(Nigeria)" title="Accord (Nigeria)">Accord</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Action_Alliance" class="mw-redirect" title="Action Alliance">Action Alliance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Action_Democratic_Party_(Nigeria)" title="Action Democratic Party (Nigeria)">Action Democratic Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Action_Peoples_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Action Peoples Party">Action Peoples Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/African_Action_Congress" title="African Action Congress">African Action Congress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Nigeria#Fourth_Republic_(1999-present)" title="List of political parties in Nigeria">Boot Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Rescue_Movement" class="mw-redirect" title="National Rescue Movement">National Rescue Movement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Redemption_Party" title="People's Redemption Party">People's Redemption Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zenith_Labour_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="Zenith Labour Party">Zenith Labour Party</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align:center;;width:1%">Defunct major parties</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">First Republic</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Action_Group_(Nigeria)" title="Action Group (Nigeria)">Action Group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kano_People%27s_Party" title="Kano People's Party">Kano People's Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Council_of_Nigeria_and_the_Cameroons" title="National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons">National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nigerian_National_Democratic_Party" title="Nigerian National Democratic Party">Nigerian National Democratic Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Elements_Progressive_Union" title="Northern Elements Progressive Union">Northern Elements Progressive Union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_People%27s_Congress" title="Northern People's Congress">Northern People's Congress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Middle_Belt_Congress" title="United Middle Belt Congress">United Middle Belt Congress</a></li></ul> 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href="/wiki/Grassroots_Democratic_Movement" title="Grassroots Democratic Movement">Grassroots Democratic Movement</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Centre_Party_of_Nigeria&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="National Centre Party of Nigeria (page does not exist)">National Centre Party of Nigeria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Democratic_Coalition_(Nigeria)" title="National Democratic Coalition (Nigeria)">National Democratic Coalition</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Nigeria_Congress_Party" title="United Nigeria Congress Party">United Nigeria Congress Party</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Fourth Republic</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Action_Congress_of_Nigeria" title="Action Congress of Nigeria">Action Congress of Nigeria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/All_Nigeria_Peoples_Party" title="All Nigeria Peoples Party">All Nigeria Peoples Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/All_People%27s_Party_(Nigeria)" title="All People's Party (Nigeria)">All People's Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alliance_for_Democracy_(Nigeria)" title="Alliance for Democracy (Nigeria)">Alliance for Democracy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Congress_for_Progressive_Change" title="Congress for Progressive Change">Congress for Progressive Change</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow plainlist" colspan="3" style="text-align:center;"><div> <ul><li><sup><small>1</small></sup> Won at least one seat in the <a href="/wiki/2023_Nigerian_general_election#National_Assembly_elections" title="2023 Nigerian general election">2023 National Assembly election</a></li> <li><sup><small>2</small></sup> Did not win any seats in the <a href="/wiki/2023_Nigerian_general_election#National_Assembly_elections" title="2023 Nigerian general election">2023 National Assembly 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