Pie chart for the 2015 Presidential elections in Nigeria
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Posted by Felix Okoli on Monday August 3, 2015 at 15:11:49:
The 2015 presidential elections that were held in Nigeria was the closest we've had in our history as it showed that the country was almost divided along the middle when choosing for their preferred candidates.According to results released by the Independent National Electoral Commission, Muhammadu Buhari of the opposition APC got the most votes with 15,424,921 votes in his favour while the incumbent of the PDP, Jonathan Goodluck scored 12,853,162 votes. Other parties got a cumulative total of 309481 votes. It was basically a feast between the ruling party and the opposition which showed a surprise. A major part of what helped the APC was the party switching actions of PDP governors. Another things that helped them was the popularity of their candidate named Buhari who was very loved among northern voters.While the APC got most of its votes from the North where the opposition candidate was based, PDP got most of it's votes from the South where Jonathan Goodluck hailed from. One of the things that affected Jonathan's re-election was the growing violence in North Eastern Nigeria which was spear headed by a terrorist group named Boko haram although some political analysts say it's the work of opposition politicians to stop his 2nd term re-election.A curios look at the results showed that the incumbent president was still popular among southerners and the middle belt but not the north or some states in the South West dominated by the Yorubas. The South West is a stronghold of the opposition although the PDP still wields control over 1/3 of it.The incumbent president did very well in the South South region aka Niger Delta where Nigeria gets most of it's income from oil. It's the most productive region in Nigeria and home to the incumbent president who became president despite not belonging to any of the major tribes of Nigeria such as the Igbo Yoruba or Hausa. The president however did get loyalty support from the Igbos in the South East since they share a similar boundary and culture with the Ijaws who they also consider as good neighbours.After the April 2015 elections in Nigeria, it showed a weakened ruling party turned into an opposition party while the opposition party now holds control of majority of the states in Nigeria. The PDP still remains strong as they control many states in the south and most especially the richest states in Nigeria which are oil producing.The pie chart shows a graphical display of the elections results for the 2015 presidential elections held in Nigeria. It showed that while about 54% of Nigerians may be disposed to change which the APC promised, others would have preferred a continuation of government the PDP.It shows that the PDP could still return back in 2019 if the APC government doesn't do enough to better the life of ordinary Nigerians and so I think the results should give the ruling government a reason to work harder than Jonathan's government.
The 2015 presidential elections that were held in Nigeria was the closest we've had in our history as it showed that the country was almost divided along the middle when choosing for their preferred candidates.According to results released by the Independent National Electoral Commission, Muhammadu Buhari of the opposition APC got the most votes with 15,424,921 votes in his favour while the incumbent of the PDP, Jonathan Goodluck scored 12,853,162 votes. Other parties got a cumulative total of 309481 votes. It was basically a feast between the ruling party and the opposition which showed a surprise. A major part of what helped the APC was the party switching actions of PDP governors. Another things that helped them was the popularity of their candidate named Buhari who was very loved among northern voters.While the APC got most of its votes from the North where the opposition candidate was based, PDP got most of it's votes from the South where Jonathan Goodluck hailed from. One of the things that affected Jonathan's re-election was the growing violence in North Eastern Nigeria which was spear headed by a terrorist group named Boko haram although some political analysts say it's the work of opposition politicians to stop his 2nd term re-election.A curios look at the results showed that the incumbent president was still popular among southerners and the middle belt but not the north or some states in the South West dominated by the Yorubas. The South West is a stronghold of the opposition although the PDP still wields control over 1/3 of it.The incumbent president did very well in the South South region aka Niger Delta where Nigeria gets most of it's income from oil. It's the most productive region in Nigeria and home to the incumbent president who became president despite not belonging to any of the major tribes of Nigeria such as the Igbo Yoruba or Hausa. The president however did get loyalty support from the Igbos in the South East since they share a similar boundary and culture with the Ijaws who they also consider as good neighbours.After the April 2015 elections in Nigeria, it showed a weakened ruling party turned into an opposition party while the opposition party now holds control of majority of the states in Nigeria. The PDP still remains strong as they control many states in the south and most especially the richest states in Nigeria which are oil producing.The pie chart shows a graphical display of the elections results for the 2015 presidential elections held in Nigeria. It showed that while about 54% of Nigerians may be disposed to change which the APC promised, others would have preferred a continuation of government the PDP.It shows that the PDP could still return back in 2019 if the APC government doesn't do enough to better the life of ordinary Nigerians and so I think the results should give the ruling government a reason to work harder than Jonathan's government.