Election Bodies In Nigeria

Inec was established by the 1999 constitution of the federal republic of nigeria to among other things organize elections into various political offices in the country.

Election bodies in nigeria. These are listed below and briefly discussed afterward. Here is a list of all the electoral commissions in nigeria their active years chairmen and as. The elections had initially been scheduled for 16 february but the electoral commission postponed the vote by a week at 03 00 on the original polling day citing logistical challenges in getting electoral materials to polling stations on time.

The history of the electoral commissions bodies in nigeria can be traced back to the establishment of the first post independence electoral commission in nigeria the federal electoral commission fec in 1960 several electoral bodies have been set up after fec to conduct elections in nigeria. The formal names of election commissions vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction and may be styled an electoral commission a central or state election commission an election board an electoral council or an electoral court. The history of electoral bodies in nigeria dates back to the post independence era when the electoral commission of nigeria ecn was established.

The elections and based on the federal department of statistics projection of nigeria s population to be 31 559 026 the political parties all agreed that there should be approximately one seat in the new house of representatives to every 100 000 persons in nigeria. An election commission is a body charged with overseeing the implementation of electioneering process of any country. Types of election in nigeria.

Election commissions can be independent mixed. The election in nigeria is held every 4 years and often holds in the month of february. Handing over of the old government to the newly elected government takes place in the month of may.

The vision of inec is to be one of the best election management bodies emb in the world that meets the aspirations of the nigerian people. Bodies in streets after nigeria election riots. This body was responsible for conducting the federal and regional elections of 1964 and 1965 respectively.

The functions of inec as contained in section 15 part 1 of the third schedule of the 1999 constitution as amended and section 2 of the. Kano nigeria reuters medics in northern nigeria on tuesday treated hundreds of victims of rioting against. Elections were therefore held in 312 single member constituencies nationwide.