1983 Nigerian presidential election

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President before election

Shehu Shagari
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Elected President

Shehu Shagari
NPN

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Presidential elections were held in Nigeria on 6 August 1983. The result was a victory for incumbent Shehu Shagari, who received 48% of the vote. His National Party of Nigeria won the parliamentary elections held later in the month.

Results


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Shehu Shagari	National Party of Nigeria	12,081,471	47.51
	Obafemi Awolowo	Unity Party of Nigeria	7,907,209	31.09
	Nnamdi Azikiwe	Nigerian People's Party	3,557,113	13.99
	Khalifa Hassan Yusuf	People's Redemption Party	968,974	3.81
	Waziri Ibrahim	Great Nigeria People's Party	643,806	2.53
	Tunji Braithwaite	Nigeria Advance Party	271,524	1.07
Total			25,430,097	100.00

Registered voters/turnout			65,304,818	–
Source: Nohlen et al.

Hart, Christopher (1993). "The Nigerian Elections of 1983". Africa: Journal of the International African Institute. 63 (3): 401. doi:10.2307/1161428. ISSN 0001-9720.
Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p716 ISBN 0-19-829645-2
May, Clifford D. (11 August 1989). "NIGERIAN PRESIDENT ELECTED TO A SECOND TERM". New York Times. p. 6.
Elections in Nigeria African Elections Database

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See also: State and local elections