Nigerian presidential election, 2011
The presidential elections in Nigeria in 2011 took place on 16 April 2011 after two-time shift. The President and the Vice President were chosen in the national level. Not quite 70 million of the approximately 150 million inhabitants has taken the INEC ( Independent National Electotral Commission), the independent Nigerian electoral authority as voters in the electoral roll. For the Office of the President, who rules for a term of four years, as candidates according to official figures 19 politicians. Three of the candidate, Goodluck Jonathan, Nuhu Ribadu and Muhammadu Buhari won the race among themselves. Goodluck Jonathan was committed to clear with almost 60 % of the vote through, followed by Buhari, who won nearly a third of the votes and far behind Ribadu, who was able to prevail only in one state and received nation's only 5% of the votes.
On 9 April, the elections had already in 2011 ( elections to the " House of Representatives " ) took place in which the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, who is also Goodluck Jonathan, despite losses won a clear majority. On April 26, to be held in the states of the elections of governors and the parliaments of the individual states.
Starting position
Umaru Yar'Adua, the previous, 2007 elected in the presidential election in Nigeria into office Nigeria's president, died on 5 May 2010 in Abuja. His running mate Goodluck Jonathan, Vice - candidate from the same camp originally represented the Christian Niger Delta, represented the Muslim north Umaru Yar'Adua while. On 6 May 2010, Goodluck Jonathan took over the presidency. A not enshrined in the Constitution agreement, herein referred to as " zoning ", limits the rule in Nigeria ethno- religious. The "Islamic North" has agreed with the " Christian South " to rotate the most important offices such as the President and the Vice President geographically. About 50 % of Nigerians are Muslim, 40-48 % are Christians while the remaining part is committed to a traditional African religion. The " zoning " also considered the west and east of the country.
Presidential candidates
The presidential candidates of the parties were announced in December 2010. The People's Democratic Party (PDP ), the strongest since the last elections the party chose Goodluck Jonathan, the incumbent, to their candidates. His running mate (known as the running mate, who is running for the office of Vice- President ) is Namadi Sambo, today Vice President. To 18 May 2010 he was the Governor of the State of Kaduna in the northern center of the Landes.Goodluck Jonathan more than 60 percent of the votes were in the last pre-election polls predicted.
The candidacy of Nuhu Ribadus the opposition party Action Congress ( AC) were, according to press reports also attributed great opportunities.
For the newly established by Congress for progressive Change ( Congress for Progressive Change ( CPC) ) candidate Muhammadu Buhari, who was already following a military coup 1983-1985 President.
Results
After the bloody events in the 2007 presidential election with hundreds of deaths that had happened largely peaceful in the 2011 elections. However, the feared unrest followed after the announcement of the results. In the days after the elections, there were riots with around 120 deaths in the cities of northern Nigeria, which had voted overwhelmingly for Buhari and not for the election winner Jonathan from the South. The Red Cross Nigeria also spoke of about 35 000 people who fled the unrest in Nigeria's capital Abuja.