2011 Nigerian Parliamentary Election
9 April 2011 · The Fourth Republic · 360 seats, 56 for a majority
The election was originally scheduled to be held on 2 April. However it was later postponed to 4 April on the originally scheduled day of the election itself as voters turned up in the morning to see ballots had not yet arrived.
Prime Minister before
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Prime Minister (continued)
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Largest force
People's Democratic Party
203 of 360 seats
Turnout
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The result
| Share of the House of Representatives | |||||||
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| People's Democratic Party | — | 203 | — | 13,351,647 | 46.7% | — | |
| Action Congress of Nigeria | — | 69 | — | 5,141,856 | 18.0% | — | |
| Congress for Progressive Change | — | 38 | — | 4,212,283 | 14.7% | — | |
| All Nigeria Peoples Party | — | 28 | — | 2,900,306 | 10.1% | — | |
| Labour Party | — | 8 | — | 982,647 | 3.4% | — | |
| All Progressives Grand Alliance | — | 7 | — | 487,753 | 1.7% | — | |
| Accord | — | 5 | — | 335,760 | 1.2% | — | |
| Democratic People's Party | — | 1 | — | 489,074 | 1.7% | — |
1 further seat went to parties and independents outside the main contenders listed above.